On 3/8/2013 6:34 PM, Doug Renwick wrote:
> You don't have to wait 50 years. I can tell you now.
> Contesting will be done by robots and the operator
> will become just a spectator.
On 09/03/2013 04:23, Pete Smith N4ZR replied:
Yet more foolishness. So long as we decide where to draw the lines,
We have already, foolishly, crossed the line
separating amateur radio from other forms of
communication - in particular, by "integrating"
contesting with the internet.
Using the internet to improve your score while
contesting makes about as much sense as using
other propulsion methods in a sailboat race.
It's not allowed, anywhere, for the simple reason
that to so do means you're no longer sailing.
Saiboat racing is alive and well, and nobody feels the need for gas
turbine engines on them.
Precisely. Why, then, do some amateur-radio
contesters feel the need for the internet?
73,
Paul EI5DI
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