Please--don't misunderstand. I am not trying to start a phone vs. CW thing. Just trying to envision what is coming and where we are going. I am not anti-progress. I don't miss recopying logs and usin
Author: "Alfred J. Frugoli (KE1FO)" <afrugoli@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:39:01 -0500
You're comparing apples to oranges here. There are vast differences between CW, phone and digital mode contests. Strategy is a big one that comes to mind. 100 watts pep on CW is very different than 1
I am only one of several folks whacking away at chunks of the "opportunity" pie :-) a CW contest? Not entirely, IMHO. Phone rates per hour are much higher than CW rates, and it will take a number of
Hi Mike, We currently have contests in which require no operator coding or decoding skills and have had for decades. They are RTTY contests. People seem to like them. The good ops with the good stati
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 05:56:16 -0800 (PST)
Taken to an extreme, once "received modulation recognician" (without regard as to it being CW or Voice or PSK31 or ...) is attained, stations can be auto-logged, too. That means that the only items d
Eric said: Not entirely, IMHO. Phone rates per hour are much higher than CW rates For some people! I have a hearing loss from job related noise, and listening to a phone contest drives me nuts. I esp
copy with no problems--stations Umh, here's a novel thought: all of the "real heavy accent" stations use ENGLISH voice-fonts :-) :-) :-) Nostalgic Trivia: I doubt most folks know that Jim, N6TJ/ZD8Z,
... ... Copying CW in a pileup or normal or any circumstances is easy compared to any SSB. Also for any other machine than a man. 73, Jukka OH6LI _______________________________________________ CQ-C