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Re: [CQ-Contest] 20 Meter Intruder?

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 20 Meter Intruder?
From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: k9yc@arrl.net
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:35:27 -0800
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On 1/31/2019 12:03 PM, David Siddall wrote:
The underlying purpose of such an OTA network -- if that is what this is --
would be to replace the fiber optic network described by Michael Lewis in
"Flash Boys."

I haven't read that book, but I do read several newspapers every day. Several years ago, one or more firms that specializes in super-automated programmed trading set up an office at a location very to that of the computers that run stock trading. The objective (and it worked) was to shave microseconds off the propagation of both information TO them and their trade orders to the system.

It would make NO sense to do this on the ham bands, where the path would be much longer.

73, Jim K9YC
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