True I knew a totally deaf operator. He used two methods to copy code. one was a blinking light, it worked he'd say but he liked a vibrating pad better where like a cell phone in buzz mode it vibrate
and who is going to be the judge about who is or isn't 'able'. personally I 'can' do it, but much prefer not to since i get a headache after listening to cw for more than an hour or so... does that m
<< but much prefer not to since i get a headache after listening to cw for more than an hour or so...>> Funny, I have the same problem. Only for me it occurs after listening to SSB for an hour or so.
Then the paralimpic games also should not be politically correct. But they are, indeed. Numerous people take part in them without feeling assaulted. People having hearing difficulties or so need some
ah, but the paralympic games are politically correct because they pit handicapped athletes against each other. we are talking about how a handicapped athlete should compete head to head with a non-ha
I guess everyone has a different definition of what that word means. Assisted to one is not assisted to someone else. Brings back memories of Bill Clinton! he he he Joe WB9SBD The Original Rolling Ba
Well Joe, as I understood it (and I could well be wrong!) the original concept of what is now considered the 'assisted' class was that the single operator would be getting technical or technological
And if I decide to visually decode CW off a good waterfall display, I'm pretty certain that would meet anyone's definition of unassisted operation as well. Dave AB7E _________________________________
it should be a question of what the "Single Operator Assisted" ENTRY CLASS means or implies. I think it means A single operator who uses other communications modes and/or communications technologies
Not if it is written as decoding by ear. David Robbins K1TTT e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net web: http://www.k1ttt.net AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net _____________________________
Geez! Am I going to need a lawyer here? I just paid my Christmas shopping bills and I can't afford a lawyer just to enter a contest. Is Legal Aid available for hams entering contests? 73, Ken Alexand
K1TTT said: "If it says by ear, they won't use waterfalls or lights or vibrators.... they just won't participate, and I think we do want everyone to participate." Of course everyone wants everyone to
Well, if you do require legal assistance then you will assuredly be operating in the "Assisted" category! ROFLMAO! Geez, I crack myself up.. 73, -Doug, W7KF __________________________________________
That was my point. I think the term "by ear" is just as careless a rule definition as some of the others here have been. 73, Dave AB7E _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest maili
I regularly use the waterfall display of CW Skimmer in Blind Mode and 3 KHz Audio Mode (actually only about 300 Hz bandwidth) for unassisted operation in CW contests because it has great resolution a
Rex, The stats about the entire population are interesting, but how many of these fine people actually want to operate in the NAQP? Seriously - I suspect that we're in the single digits if it's even
Bob, "So how many of them are there - really?" Nearly 10,000,000 persons are hard of hearing and close to 1,000,000 are functionally deaf. More than half of all persons with hearing loss or deafness
out of probably a few hundred guest ops here over the years i have had two totally blind ops (and a couple others who had to put their nose to the screen just about to see it) one deaf one, several w
Who cares, and does it make a difference using skimmer or a cw decoder? Here is why I state this: This year at K2NNY during CW sweepstakes, we did the following at the RUN station: John, W3OAB hooked
Agreed - all relevant technology assists. Computer loggers assist, SCP assists .... I suggest 1) Single Operator SO 2) Single Operator Hybrid SOH (uses other comms technologies or multi-channel decod