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Re: [CQ-Contest] saving us from ourselves

To: Zack Widup <w9sz@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] saving us from ourselves
From: Bill Turner <wrt@dslextreme.com>
Reply-to: wrt@dslextreme.com
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:18:44 -0800
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:57 -0600 (CST), Zack Widup wrote:

>Maybe we ought to have at least one old-fashioned contest each year.  No 
>packet at all, no computer logs, everyone logs on paper and mails their 
>logs in.

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I understand nostalgia but speaking just for myself, if I had to do all
that stuff by hand I wouldn't contest.  For me the fun is operating the
radio, not bookkeeping.  If a computer can do the grunt work, let it.

But I do see your point of view.

--
73, Bill W6WRT
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