I never heard my TX audio when doing SO2R, but I think they want to hear in the
audio file, what I am transmitting, easy to understand
73,
Jorge
Enviado desde mi iPhone
> El 28 jun. 2017, a las 17:06, Michael Adams <mda@n1en.org> escribió:
>
> It might be helpful if, when considering changing the rule, the rule-makers
> considered what it is that they're trying to accomplish with the recordings.
>
> The current rule states that a recording must capture the TX and RX audio _as
> received by the operator_ (emphasis added).
>
> Under certain conditions / a certain style of SO2R operating, the operator
> won't necessarily hear their TX audio; they may be sending on one radio while
> listening to the other with both ears. Under the current rule, the TX audio
> will therefore not always be present in the recording.
>
> The current rule has the nice feature of only requiring splitting the
> SO2R-audio-to-headphones line to connect a recorder. Relatively easy.
>
> An alternative rule would be to require a recording of the RX/TX audio from
> each radio. This has the advantage of making it clear what is being
> heard/sent on each radio through the contest, but it isn't necessarily
> indicative of what the operator is hearing. This should also be relatively
> easy to accomplish, although the details may vary somewhat in different
> stations, and you're probably going to need an extra recorder.
>
> It sounds like Steve's suggesting that there could be a rule change saying
> that you need a recording containing both what the operator hears, and the TX
> audio even when not heard by the operator. If I'm not mistaken, that will
> require some new audio switching hardware/software to facilitate the
> recording, or some operators will be obliged to change their preferred style
> of audio-switching. The former doesn't seem appropriate, at least not
> without a significant amount of advance warning; and the latter seems to
> inappropriately infringe on choice of operating strategy.
>
> If the committee believes that they need recordings of what the operator
> hears and TX audio, it'd be much simpler (albeit more cumbersome) to accept
> three recordings from an SO2R entrant: headphone audio, radio 1 (with
> monitor) audio, and radio 2 (with monitor) audio.
>
> --
> Michael Adams | mda@n1en.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Jorge Diez - CX6VM
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 June, 2017 13:18
> To: n2ic@arrl.net
> Cc: kr2q@optimum.net; Bob Naumann <w5ov@w5ov.com>; cq Contest
> <cq-contest@contesting.com>; w4pa >> Scott Robbins <w4pa@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Attention CQWW SO2R Competitors
>
> Steve
>
> actually the transmitted signal must be present on the recording
>
> *C. Audio Recordings:* Any single operator entrant (see V.A.1) competing for
> a top three finish at the (a) World, (b) Continent, or (c) USA levels, must
> record the transmitted and received audio as heard by the operator for the
> duration of the contest operation.
>
> So if will be a change would be nice to know about that, many people working
> on this, big companies like Elecfart are working on a firmware to improve
> that and make it easy for the simple operator to do the recording that cqww
> cc ask for
>
> 73,
> Jorge
> CX6VM/CW5W
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