I took a look and after that I am glad I enjoy contesting as
a way to keep my DXing skills honed by using S&P with no cluster
assistance (tho if I spot something I always change my entry
to "assisted") GRIN Guess to many another tool and I can't argue!
Yes, I do use and spot to the cluster system regularly..
Perhaps in the future we'll have a satellite laser ray to blow
up our competition before they threaten our score (this is all me joking
don't get upset!)
Contesting is fun for me.. 73, Gary K7ZD
EI5DI (Paul) wrote:
> This development is, in terms of amateur radio contesting,
> a weapon of mass destruction which, rather than being
> subject to stringent controls, has been put into the hands
> of anyone with an internet connection - in effect, all of
> us.
>
> The fact that something can be done does not always mean
> that it is worth doing. The people who have developed
> this technology can congratulate themselves on the
> introduction of a fundamental change in the nature of
> contesting, to the extent that it has been largely
> debased.
>
> They may argue it's just a natural extension of existing
> technology - the cluster. If so, doesn't that raise a
> question about the legitimacy of the cluster?
>
> Regardless of how we got here, or how well-intentioned
> the developers were/are, we should not be here. The
> internet serves only to undermine amateur radio - by
> putting the wires back into wireless.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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