IMHO, all the things we normally do in amateur radio are
justified under one or more of the sectuib 97.1 Basis and purpose.
Contests simulate emergency communications, where getting a
message (the contest exchange) through accurately and quickly is
very important. I enter several contests a year, and retreat to
the WARC bands when I don't want to play in a contest.
DXing builds operator skill in pulling information out of very
weak signals. It also supports an amazing number of
international trips to put rare entities on the air. I chase DX
and dream of getting to be a good enough operator to join a
DXpedition. I think Nigel Jolly would agree that amateur radio
has helped build international understanding.
Rag chewing builds operator skills, as well as ensuring that
people's equipment is still working. I like a good rag chew and
I have been known to chat back and forth for 15 minutes to 1/2
an hour on PSK-31. (Note that as a retired software guy, I can
type reasonably well.)
I could go on and on, but you get the picture.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 3/15/17 at 5:44 PM, [email protected] (Lynn W.
Taylor, WB6UUT) wrote:
I was told that basically there was no place for ragchewing in Amateur Radio --
no place at all.
97.1(e) says there is a place for a good ragchew. Not sure
where contesting comes in, but I'll stipulate that it can be
fit into 97.1 somewhere.
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