Glenn D. O'Donnell wrote:
> two fundamental concepts in contesting that should NEVER be changed:
>
> 1. All QSOs are completely carried via the RF bands in the
> contest, not
> Internet, PacketCluster or any other out-of-band system.
> This is, after all, amateur RADIO.
packetcluster is in band. but then again, its not a 'mode', its an
application that you can reach via rf or land-line or internet. how
about tcp/ip rf to wired links? you can actually use the same tcp/ip
protocol over rf and not even know that you have made a transistion
from rf to wire and back to come out somewhere else.
and there is only 1 'contest' that i know of that permits contacts
to be made using digital repeater systems.(which include many more
methods than packetcluster) and i feel that the specific exemption
that permits this should be changed.
>
> 2. The deciphering of the incoming QSO information should ONLY be
> performed by the gray matter between the ears of the operator.
kind of tough even at 60wpm rtty. i can pretty much recognize the
sound of 'ryryryry' but thats about it.
>
> If it's any consolation to Cornelius and others, my station is still
> fairly
> low-tech. Please work me in any contest. I guarantee I will live by
> the
> two rules I outlined above.
too bad, guess we'll never see you in rtty contests then.
--
David Robbins K1TTT (ex KY1H)
k1ttt@berkshire.net or robbins@berkshire.net
http://www.berkshire.net/~robbins/k1ttt.html
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