Looking just at CQWW, both CW and SSB participation is increasing. SSB appears to be increasing a bit faster than CW.
http://www.cqww.com/stats.htm Though I just added to the length of this thread, I expect we are getting off-topic from Elecraft equipment. I tried to add facts and no opinion, but this is my last post on this topic. wunder K6WRU CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ On Feb 6, 2015, at 1:48 PM, brian <als...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > Please provide some references for CW contest participation is declining. My > recollection from various magazines is that contest participation #'s are up > for all modes ( no reference provided either). > > 73 de Brian/K3KO > On 2/6/2015 21:38 PM, Larry Libsch wrote: >>> For those who are so disabled as to require an external "crutch" to >>> copy their own call and 5NN, it is a simple matter to reverse channels >>> in the sound card (at most it requires a "reversing cable") to decode >>> audio on the sub Receiver. >> >> Ah, the old CW snobbery! When is the notion that paddle or key >> generated CW is superior to software and keyer generated code going to >> disappear? You decode RTTY with software, don't you? CW is just another >> digital mode. Software decoding has brought many new CW ops into CW DXing >> and contesting. Software encoding is more accurate and allows many ops to >> achieve speeds they could never otherwise achieve. Perhaps you use a keyer >> for contesting? Many (most?) contesters do. CW contest participation is >> declining. RTTY contest participation is increasing. Software is every where >> improving our lives. Time to give up on old ways and ideas and move into the >> future. >> >> >> K4KGG, Larry >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to als...@nc.rr.com >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2015.0.5646 / Virus Database: 4281/9068 - Release Date: 02/06/15 >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
