Unless you have spent some time operating RTTY contests please do not put down
those of us that do. It is not all machine nirvana and just watching the
equipment do everything. It still takes some brain power and close watching of
the screen to know when to switch decoders or change the settings and, to copy
partial print, shifted characters and other anomalies of RTTY.
73 and how many more days till FQP??
W0ETC
Message: 5
From: Jim White <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com>
Reply-To: k4oj@tampabay.rr.com
Organization: Florida Contest Group
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] but are YOU really
There was a barrage of comments related to CW being outclassed by PSK31
including the following which was typical of them:
"Digipan allows you to copy 2 PSK31 signals at once. W1SQLPSK allows you
to copy up to 20 (yes, twenty!) PSK31 signals at once."
I believe the problem, which you will in turn say is semantics, that a
lot of us have is that we feel statements like the above are just plain
wrong.
Why?
Because the OPERATOR is NOT COPYING the signals ... a machine is.
If this is indeed the direction we are headed I guess things like
contesting and WRTC are history - after all it will be which engineer
has access to the best components and can design the best boards for
their "decoders"
This is also the reason why a lot of us do not even both investigating
PSK31 - it isn't operating ... I also feel the same way about RTTY. If I
am not having to use my brain to decipher sounds and turn them into
contest exchanges, etc. it is not operating (to me) .
What is the sizzle, what is the romance, why bother?
Data exchange is not operating, IMHO. That's what the internet is for!
And I agree that it is possible to copy more stations at one time on CW
than phone - if you are really good!
73, am not trying to start a fire just stating my opinion - granted it
is from someone who feels older than N6TJ.
73,
Jim, K4OJ
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