[CQ-Contest] wideband receivers and contesting

[rt_clay at bellsouth.net]

Ok, this is not about skimmer. But some things you can do with a wideband receiver without directly copying calls ala skimmer. You guys are thinking way too narrowly :)

1) program it to beep (or whatever) if it picks up a significant signal. No need then to check on 10m manually as often.
2) program it to count the number of signals on a band. Can plot these in real time to see how propagation/activity is.
3) program it to pick out cq'ing stations and put markers on your bandmap. How? Way easier to program than skimmer, just look for signals that keep a fixed frequency over a certain time (>1 minute say). Could pick up really weak signals that way. Then you could S&P through a band (copying in your head of course) without touching the "knob", but being zero beat to nearly every station. 

Any of those "assisted"?

My point is there is tons of stuff that can be done with SDR/wideband receive. It's here now, someone just has to write the software.

Tor
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