[Elecraft] Is ham radio a sport ??

[Gil G.]

Wishful thinking…

IMHO it is absolutely not a sport. Even if you are on a SOTA activation, the sport you are doing is hiking, not Ham radio.
Contesting is not a sport either. All you do is sit on your behind.. All that is involved in Ham radio is moving your fingers and maybe lips a little.. I can't even start to understand how it could be even remotely called a sport.

Gil.
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On Mar 20, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Paul VanOveren wrote:

> The link is to a 1958 Sports Illustrated article, about Ham Radio being a
> sport. If you have seen it before, sorry for the bandwidth, but I found it
> interesting reading, maybe some others will also...