I am ok with sail boat races and motor boat races happening at the same time
as long as we know who are using motors...
Randy, K5ZD
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> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 11:44 AM
> To: 'CQ Contest'
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A new "DX cluster" experience for contesters
>
> The problem is pete, that since in our contests all those
> different entry classes are running at the same time on the
> same lake people get confused and think they are a sailboat
> competing with a power boat... where the power boat operators
> usually ignore the slow poke sailboats and just watch each other.
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pete Smith [mailto:n4zr@contesting.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 10:36
> > To: CQ Contest
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A new "DX cluster" experience for
> contesters
> >
> > In the 19th century, mechanical propulsion largely replaced sail as
> > the motive power for commercial and military ships. In the 20th
> > century, internal combustion engines and the invention of
> the outboard
> > motor made it possible to dispense with sails and oars on
> almost all vessels.
> >
> > Yet sailboats and rowboats persist today, and are a source of great
> > pleasure for millions. Intense and popular competitions among both
> > types of vessel take place frequently and attract millions of
> > enthusiasts world-wide. At the highest level, sailboat
> competitions
> > such as the America's Cup involve use of extremely advanced
> technology
> > on the non-propulsive side of the bright line defining the sport.
> > Competitions among powerboats occur too, from small
> outboards to boats
> > powered by huge gas turbine engines.
> >
> > I hope my point is obvious.
> >
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
> >
> >
> > On 4/17/2010 4:00 AM, Christian Schneider wrote:
> > > VE5RA wrote:
> > >
> > >> So begins the 'age of the robots'.
> > >>
> > > But it will be only one more of those smaller and bigger steps in
> > > the development - applauded as keeping up with progress and maybe
> > > gaining
> > new
> > > blood. Will it be two or three years that the first
> M/M-stations "man"
> > their
> > > 160m-station during daylight and 10m during nighttimes
> with a qso-robot?
> > Or
> > > is this already done? Given the ingenuity on the software side it
> > > may
> > take
> > > "only" some combining of decoding-technology with expanded
> > > ESM-routines
> > of
> > > existing contest software. Initial stumbling may be
> irrelanvant with
> > > the rates at that time and allow refinement to adjust it
> for coming things.
> > > An(y) operator will be present in a(ny) room there.
> > > This becoming more widespread it will earn the ususal
> criticism by
> > > irrelevant small guns refuted with the argument they
> seemingly still
> > want to
> > > operate with a straight key. With becoming more
> widespread even some
> > bigguns
> > > may feel bored but won´t dare to utter it publicly in the
> presence
> > > of chestpounding colleagues.
> > > Acting may begin [IRONY ON] if more bigguns get fire from XYLs
> > > because
> > they
> > > unintentionally checked the ECAR-box ("effective contest analyzing
> > routine")
> > > in their software which starts at 0001 after the test and ordered
> > > the
> > OH8X`
> > > 3-ele 160m-beam (flawlessly interacting with the online-banking
> > software)
> > > because there were three unworked skimmer spots from
> Africa on that
> > band.
> > > [IRONY OFF].
> > >
> > > Disclaimer: This is NO condemning of the technology itself. It is
> > > kind
> > of
> > > sorrow that this blending taking place in smaller and bigger (i.e.
> > skimmer)
> > > steps changes the flavour of the hobby substantially. At
> some points
> > > of blending wine with pepsi it detracts some from it but
> of course
> > > may
> > attract
> > > new consumers. Again: Like skimmer all this is tech-wise
> interesting
> > and,
> > > yes, also fascinating, but at the same time somewhat
> saddening. Like
> > > it
> > or
> > > leave it, I know and will do. We´ll only have some rule
> debate, some
> > rule
> > > changes and may be some more retreats as far as "unassisted" is
> > concerned.
> > > Not much more to do.
> > >
> > > Of course you are free to denounce this as "whining" - if
> you also
> > > think that a marathon-runner is techwise backwards only
> because he
> > > is
> > fascinated
> > > by the techwise less effective way to span 42,5 km.
> > >
> > > Best 73, Chris
> > >
> > > (www.dl8mbs.de)
> > >
> > >
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