The discussion on improving voice recordings for phone got me to thinking about where we have come and where we might go. Long before digital voice recorders (DVK's) the astute SSB contester discover
Dave, Don't forget the very nice K1EA, PC expansion slot boards that worked stupendously well with both CT and NA DOS logging programs. When I purchased one of those it was like heaven to be in a SSB
Back in 1960 I rigged up an endless tape loop which I ran through a Wollensak tape recorder (which, in true ham fashion, I still have). To maintain tape tension I draped the tape loop over the back o
Back in the 80s sometime, I had a30-second answering machine cassette recorder, followed by a circuit that rectified the audio and amplified it to switch a relay for CW CQing. Worked fine, but pretty
In the late 1960 at VE5US, the University station, we had a punch paper tape loop that was used to drive some electronics to do automated CW CQing Syl - VE5ZX Back in the 80s sometime, I had a30-seco
Mine was even more crude....a half hour tape of CQs that played until it got to the end. I then had to rewind it and start over. At least the recorder was not in the way of the bedsheet sized dupe sh
Funny subject, Davy Jones KM4D and I were just reminiscing about early contest innovations as compared to the vast information and automation available today. One was @ Jerry Mathis W3BES/ W3GM's Rec
If you search the QST archives, you'll find an article from Doug W3AS about "The Electronic Lozenge", circa 1977-78. Doug also came up with a method for putting a voice CQ onto a continuous loop tape
In the Early 70's for FD we had a loop that ran on and old open reel aprox 3 1/2 in reels . We had built an audio decoder (rectifier) that was used to key the CW for CQing. The CW had a bit of humm f