[CQ-Contest] Remote contest operation

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

If we stop feeding the forum or reflector trolls they might go away.

Mike W0MU

On 4/11/2013 5:46 PM, John Langdon wrote:
> I thought ignorance was supposed to be bliss!
>
> 73 John N5CQ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Paul O'Kane
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:59 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Remote contest operation
>
>
> Over the last few days, this thread has included the terms listed below.
>
> I don't recognise amateur radio contesting in any of them.  Most are
> technical terms specific to the internet, a public communications utility.
> Whatever relevance the internet has to contesting in general, in remote
> contest operation it serves only to replace or displace amateur-band RF
> between contesters.
>
> Those who choose, or are obliged, to get on the internet before they get on
> the air are doing something fundamentally different from the rest of us.
> We're all entitled to do what we please, but we're not entitled to do what
> we please and call it what we please.  Internet-dependent contesting is not
> the same as amateur-band-RF- all-the-way contesting, even when the operators
> at the far end can't tell the difference and when contest sponsors ignore
> the difference.
>
> Read, and despair :-)
>
>     VPN
>     packet-loss
>     delay-spikes
>     traffic prioritisation
>     network path
>     audio-streaming
>     intermediate server
>     restrictive ISPs
>     peer-to-peer
>     client download
>     participating client
>     firewall
>     port restrictions
>     server and client
>     public IP
>     VPS
>     encrypted traffic
>     packet inspection
>     throttling
>     dropped packets
>     latency issues
>     56mb download speeds
>     routing
>     incoming packets
>     ADSL
>     fail over to 3G
>     Skype
>     cyberworld
>     jitter
>     realtime audio over UDP
>     4G LTE connection
>     traffic shaping issues
>     point-to-point microwave
>     local service provider
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
>
>
>
>
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