Rick, your spam killer got my message. Mine puts such replies in a
suspected file and I can select it or put in my address book so they come
straight thru. Warning, many of the reflectors I am on will kick you out
when this happens so be careful.
My message is that many of us as we get older have allergies that cause
us to lose our voice or sound terrible. I originally blamed Atlanta air
but Scott K0DQ lost his voice at ZF2DQ last year in the ARRL DX even tho
he used a voice keyer.
Any effort to move beyond the robot sounding messages is welcome.
Hopefully CW and RTTY folks will understand. We SSB guys just want the
same.
73 Dave K4JRB
K6VVA - KP2CW <eric@hilding.com> writes:
> I've re-threaded my most recent post about SSB messages, and
> appreciated
> the responses.
>
> Several previous direct emails about my overall "Crusade" for a
> higher
> percentage of NON-Robotic alternative voice-keying confirmed that
> there are
> indeed a few on the planet who have actually grasped the concept of
> what
> this is all about.
>
> Suggestion: Look at the following pix & then come back and "let's
> talk":
>
> http://www.k6vva.com/lcmcc
>
> After returning from Visalia on Sunday, once again my voice went out
> due to
> a weird form of Laryngitis, which is what prompted the whole issue
> of going
> beyond-robotic-voice-keying when I couldn't speak for almost the
> whole
> month of December, and couldn't operate SSB in the 10m contest. Had
> the SS
> been this coming weekend, I would be screwed.
>
> As I've said before, this is NOT for everyone...it is:
>
> 1. For those who, for whatever reason (cold, flu, Laryngitis or
> whatever),
> still want to operate an SSB contest WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEAK, and
> yet do
> NOT want to sound like a #&^! "robot" with callsigns & serial
> numbers.
>
> 2. For those who want to bride the gap between #&^! "robotism" and
> fully
> automated voice-keying until the real whiz bang super-technology can
> be
> cost effectively implement in the Ham Contesting realm.
>
> 3. For those want to substantially reduce operator fatigue in SSB
> contests,
> while at-the-same-time improve efficiency...and NOT wear out their
> voices.
>
> 4. For those who recognize the benefits of pushing ONE Macro Button
> for a
> myriad of functions instead of "ALT + Somekey, CTRL + Somekey,
> etc.), and
> do NOT want to clog up your computer with TSR's or other WinDOZE
> Gremlins. These Macros work completely INDEPENDENTLY. On CW,
> specific CW
> messages can be programmed directly into the keys and NO software
> "message"
> spaces are needed. Changing bands, changing rigs, etc. can all be
> done
> with ONE BUTTON...color coded for type of functionality. The Macro
> keys
> can be instantly re-programmed. Velcro'd at an angle above the
> keyboard, I
> can quickly substitute pre-programmed key strips for different
> contests in
> seconds.
>
> 4. For those who want to venture into the realm of more
> Automation-Automation-Automation in general.
>
> Until you've been unable to speak and desire to work an SSB contest,
> what
> this is all about probably won't register with you. That's OK.
>
> I Beta Tested v1.0 (partial functionality) as KP2CW in the ARRL CW
> DX
> Contest. Notwithstanding my "Operator QLF" since this was the 1st
> major
> contest I had done in 30 years, I could NOT have made the 4,600 QSOs
> I did
> without it, because I was in a fog most of the time due to sleep
> deprivation even before the contest started.
>
> The need for separate keys for MORE than "10" SSB messages was born
> out of
> past experience in the SS ... and to do more "Automation" ... FD,
> SS, or
> whatever, MORE than "10" SSB message memories in WriteLog or any
> other
> Contest Logger are necessities.
>
> But once again, one must be able to fully grasp what this is really
> all
> about...and the "WHY" of the need for individual exchange component
>
> messages like in SS:
>
> 1. Your Number?
> 2. Your Call?
> 3. Your Precedence?
> 4. Your Check?
> 5. Your Section? (a/k/a "QTH")
>
> Too many times a request may only need be made for ONE of these, and
> NOT
> the whole exchange. One color-coded section with BOLD PRINT on the
>
> backlighted keys makes it simple-simple-simple. No "memorizing"
> necessary...only a few "Test Drives" before you can "Rock 'n Roll".
>
> But once again, this is NOT for everyone....only those who want to
> go
> "beyond...into the future", and NOT be screwed from working an SSB
> contest
> if you have no voice, and want to reduce the degree of "robotism"
> :-)
>
> Perhaps the pix will help more to "catch the vision".
>
> 73...
>
> Rick, K6VVA - KP2CW (Trustee)
>
>
>
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