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On 10/30/2000 at 11:22 AM Carl J. Denbow <ka8jxg@callsign.net> wrote:
From: Carl J. Denbow <ka8jxg@callsign.net>
To: "BobD" <k1vv@tmlp.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 23:35:46 -0500
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WL & CQ WW Phone
>Interesting! Thanks for sharing this. I used the program, too, for the first
>time but didn't use these "bells and whistles." It does sound like a "labor
>saving" device!
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>73
>
>Carl
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>On 10/30/2000 at 11:22 AM BobD wrote:
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>>We used WL for the first time in a major contest ... CQ WW Phone ....
>>We had recorded all the letters and numbers and trimmed and adjusted all of
>>the volumes
>>so they would be the same ... also SHIFT-F keys ... we had !1180 Qs and
>>scored over 1.5 mil
>>points in about 21 hours of operation ....
>>Comments from the other local hams in the contest " We could not tell you
>>were using WAV files "
>>But we must admit that it is noticable when we are running and sending the
>>DX call and exchange ...
>>We did get a few comments .. "that sounds funny "... " Is this a machine or
>>is there a real operator there?"
>>WL was super !!! No crashes or bugs ....
>>Running WL on phone using the WAV files reduced the fatigue factor by 90%
>>...
>>We are usually beat by the time we finished any phone contest ... but not
>>this time ...
>>We did not realize how much stamina and effort it took to run 20 or more
>>hours of a phone contest ...
>>
>>73 Whitey K1VV
>>YCCC
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