[CQ-Contest] A new "DX cluster" experience for contesters

[Zack Widup]

A lot of times in addition to the QSO info I will send "Hi Dave" or whatever
the op's name is. I'll get a "Hi Zack" back about 80% of the time. I know
I'm not going to get that from a robot.
:-)

73, Zack W9SZ

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:42 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>wrote:

>
> How would you even know whether you were working a robot or not
> (assuming it was properly implemented)?  And if you can't tell the
> difference, why would you care (assuming you were in a separate entry
> category)?
>
> Dave  AB7E
>
>
>
>
> On 4/18/2010 8:24 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
> > I'm waiting for the day when robots make all the QSO's in a contest. I
> see
> > that as useless and that would be the day when I gave up. As of now, it
> > seems one's score would be the result of four things - operating skill,
> the
> > quality of one's station, location and band conditions. Where's the
> > operating skill in having a robot doing it? I suppose there may be some
> > skill in writing a program that works, but that's not operating skill.
> And I
> > still like to think I'm working a real person at the other end.
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