[CQ-Contest] Skimmer

Marijan Miletic s56a at bit.si
Tue Feb 5 20:22:01 EST 2008


N2IC: Before you outlaw computer assistance, consider another example of
computer assistance - 
Pressing the F1 key to CQ on one band while listening on another band. You
would have a heck of 
a time doing that without computer assistance, wouldn't you ? 
Try sending CQ on a paddle while listening on a second radio !


This could have been done in 1970's with memory keyers!  PTT controls audio
switching.

My 1972 keyer had YU1PCF/YU1BCD callsigns option and serial number counter
up to 1999.

My 1991 robot idea was to scan bands in 3 kHz jumps and prepare bandmap.  No
SDR software then.

There were less schizophrenic SO2R people in the hippie days!  We had enough
radios in the club.

73 de Mario, S56A, N1YU



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