[CQ-Contest] wideband receivers and contesting

[rt_clay at bellsouth.net]

Yes, these ideas kind of fall into "enhanced bandscope" ideas. But is a computer telling you if a band is open (without you ever listening there) "assisted"? I could  get that same information from a packet network.

 As a followup:

4) If #3 works (ID'ing stations who are cqing based on them keeping a constant frequency), then:
Need to find a frequency to call cq on? Just ask the software to list the biggest "holes" between cq'ing stations. Push a button to go to the middle of the clearest hole and call cq. Now that would be useful! :) 

Tor
N4OGW
  -------------- Original message from "Tod -ID" <tod at k0to.us>: -------------- 


>  
> Some really interesting ideas Tor and a pleasant change in discussion 
> format. 
>  
> I know you pass Randy's contesting activity test because I do find you in my 
> contest log a bunch of times over the past five years unlike W4TV who I have 
> never managed to work yet. I am pretty sure that is because he is a DX 
> Contest op and probably sits out the domestic contests, however.  
>