[Elecraft] Is ham radio a sport ??

[Reginald J Mackey SR]

Contesting, competition, field day competition, could qualify as sport?  

Reggie k6xr
Amateur radio 57 years
DXCC, RCC, WAC

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On Mar 20, 2013, at 6:18 PM, "Gil G." <gil at keskydee.com> wrote:

> 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...
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