[UK-CONTEST] DSTAR Contest

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Paul O'Kane wrote:
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>>I hope the RSGB will not be promoting this DSTAR contest being run by Icom
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>> http://www.icom.co.jp/world/d-contest/
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>Why shouldn't the RSGB support the Icom contest?  DSTAR is a new 
>exciting amateur radio mode, and Icom is a leading manufacturer of 
>amateur radio equipment.  It all helps to increase activity on the 144, 
>430 and 1200 MHz bands - "use them or lose them".
>
>Good to see, too, that 59(9) will be an integral part of the exchange - 
>there are some traditions that are worth preserving, even in this 
>digital age.
>
>It seems to me that amateurs and contesters who cannot adjust to new 
>modes and concepts are flat-earthers who might be better out of the 
>hobby.
>

Thought you were anti remote stations?


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73 from Ian GM3SEK