[VHFcontesting] Digital ... contesting

[Mark Spencer]

While I share your views about the undesirability of working digital modes in a contest while watching TV, a number of hams I have tried to pull into VHF and up operating / contesting have told me they don't have the patience to mostly listen to static for hours on end.   (Even participating in a net for an hour where one mostly hears static seems to try the patience of a number of other operators I know.)  I can see why using digital modes while doing something non amateur radio related may appeal to some.

73
Mark S
VE7AFZ

mark at alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099

> On Sep 25, 2019, at 8:41 AM, Stephen Hewlett via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> The comment about watching TV with an iPad and working people with a remote desktop app left me flat as well. I have found that in life you generally get out of something in terms of satisfaction what you put into it. Watching TV with an iPad while VHF contesting doesn't seem very satisfying to me. I wouldn't bother if that was my only VHF contesting option. Steve N4NIV
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonesy W3DHJ via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> Cc: Jonesy W3DHJ <mailserver at jonz.net>; VHF Contesters <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wed, Sep 25, 2019 9:18 am
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Digital ... contesting
> 
>> On Tue, 24 Sep 2019, Doug Gilliam wrote:
>> 
>> Well put Lew!
>> 
>> Those of us who put a lot of expense, time, and skill into our
>> stations, and who appreciate a hard fought cw contact, get frustrated
>> with being thoroughly beaten by an operator sitting in his easy chair
>> with a laptop and a good 6 meter opening.
> 
> What rubbed my Rover fur backwards a few weeks ago was this comment
> posted after a contest weekend:
> 
>    "The big advantage of that mode for me is that I
>    can sit in the bedroom watching TV with an iPad in
>    my lap and work people via a remote desktop app."
> 
> Jonesy W3DHJ
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