[CQ-Contest] but are YOU really

[Jim White]

There was a barrage of comments related to CW being outclassed by PSK31 
including the following which was typical of them:


"Digipan allows you to copy 2 PSK31 signals at once.  W1SQLPSK allows you
to copy up to 20 (yes, twenty!) PSK31 signals at once."


I believe the problem, which you will in turn say is semantics, that a 
lot of us have is that we feel statements like the above are just plain 
wrong.

Why?


Because the OPERATOR is NOT COPYING the signals ... a machine is.


If this is indeed the direction we are headed I guess things like 
contesting and WRTC are history - after all it will be which engineer 
has access to the best components and can design the best boards for 
their "decoders"


This is also the reason why a lot of us do not even both investigating 
PSK31 - it isn't operating ... I also feel the same way about RTTY. If I 
am not having to use my brain to decipher sounds and turn them into 
contest exchanges, etc. it is not operating (to me) .


What is the sizzle, what is the romance, why bother?


Data exchange is not operating, IMHO. That's what the internet is for!



And I agree that it is possible to copy more stations at one time on CW 
than phone - if you are really good!

73, am not trying to start a fire just stating my opinion - granted it 
is from someone who feels older than N6TJ.

73,

Jim, K4OJ