"knickebeinjammer" wrote in message
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what is the point of a pc contest ? or am I missing some exciting detail

You are missing a detail. You can't access the systems with a PC. That's
what Dan, Walt and all the others who are ignorant of the facts are confused
about. Perhaps the title "contest" is a misnomer, "QSO Party" might have
been more appropriate.

But anything which gets hams out of the sofa and back on air can't be a bad
thing.

Brad.