Yuri,
Thanks for the remarks,,, this is what I ve saying for long...
The competitive nature of the sport keeps it alive... The Japanese People
are certainly finding the thrill
somewhere else. In escence they are no different from us... or are they?
Europeans are attracted to the competitive
side of it and maybe it is growing.. I would like to see some numbers that
confirm that Amateur radio is growing on
europe.
On the other hand what is happenning with Japan is an eye opener of what
will happen in the rest of the world..
Wake up everyone,,, there are many hobbies these days and too many
distractions will make it hard for people
to really become "in love" with the hobby.
Is the competitive nature... It was that original Idea of K4oj that if
enought of the contesters moved down from new england
to florida... eventually florida would've been competitive and even attract
more of them.
make more local contest with good twists.. get the west coast more
envolved...maybe like the stew perry kind of thing.
How about an 802.11 contest or a packet contest ? get the vhf's in and
eventually theyll move down the bands..
felipe
NP4Z
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of K3BU@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:03 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Where are the JA's
In a message dated 6/22/04 8:08:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
g4buo@compuserve.com writes:
>>It seems to me that Japanese hams still like to work 'DX' but are not
turned on by contesting. Perhaps contesting isn't heavily promoted in Japan.
Dave G4BUO<<
Contesting flourishes where there are clusters of contesters that keep the
fire going. The best examples are YCCC, FRC, PVRC, MRCC, KCDXC etc. Look at
the
awakening that K4OJ did with sleepy FL crowd. It helps to meet, exchange
lies,
assist each other with station setup, keep the fire going and socialize with
like minded fellows.
Limitations in antenna building and interference problems sure do not help,
Internet and cell phones take away some magic from radio waves, but
contesting
still has its magic, mainly because each contest is a new competition,
unlike
chasing awards or other long term challenges. If I was "just" DXer, I would
be
a "dead" ham by now (been there, done it few times over), but contesting
still keeps me going, there is still so much to explore, improve, records to
beat
or just have plain fun working old buddies and hand out points.
What is also needed is the promotion and publicity in ham magazines and not
relegating us to the back pages of Internet listings. Recent ARRL policy is
shortsighted, seeing us only as a small percentage of ham population, rather
than
buying power equal to 100s of "shack on the belt hams". Would anyone
participate in the Olympics if they were kept secret, with results and
records on some
obscure web site?
Contesting is the ultimate pinnacle of ham radio activities, it should be
promoted by our media, clubs should provide welcome home for those
interested in
contesting, and each of us should be beaming with enthusiasm when promoting
contesting. Field Day is a good opportunity to do that. Let's get few more
souls
excited about contesting.
Yuri, K3BU.us
www.computeradio.us home of "Dream Radio One"
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