And, Paul, you are certainly entitled to your opinion!
You have made your voice abundantly clear -- we hear ya. 59+
Glad you are paying attention to catch all those terms.
Remote operation IS a part of contesting, and will continue to be.
As are software defined radios, and lots of other high-tech in the 21st
century.
73, Gerry W1VE
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Paul O'Kane <pokane@ei5di.com> wrote:
>
> Over the last few days, this thread has included
> the terms listed below.
>
> I don't recognise amateur radio contesting in
> any of them. Most are technical terms specific
> to the internet, a public communications utility.
> Whatever relevance the internet has to contesting
> in general, in remote contest operation it serves
> only to replace or displace amateur-band RF
> between contesters.
>
> Those who choose, or are obliged, to get on the
> internet before they get on the air are doing
> something fundamentally different from the rest
> of us. We're all entitled to do what we please,
> but we're not entitled to do what we please and
> call it what we please. Internet-dependent
> contesting is not the same as amateur-band-RF-
> all-the-way contesting, even when the operators
> at the far end can't tell the difference and
> when contest sponsors ignore the difference.
>
> Read, and despair :-)
>
> VPN
> packet-loss
> delay-spikes
> traffic prioritisation
> network path
> audio-streaming
> intermediate server
> restrictive ISPs
> peer-to-peer
> client download
> participating client
> firewall
> port restrictions
> server and client
> public IP
> VPS
> encrypted traffic
> packet inspection
> throttling
> dropped packets
> latency issues
> 56mb download speeds
> routing
> incoming packets
> ADSL
> fail over to 3G
> Skype
> cyberworld
> jitter
> realtime audio over UDP
> 4G LTE connection
> traffic shaping issues
> point-to-point microwave
> local service provider
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________**_________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/**mailman/listinfo/cq-contest<http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest>
>
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|