[CQ-Contest] Golden Goose redux...

[k2qmf at juno.com]

Ray,

That is the greatest write up I have ever read on this subject!

Very nice and to the point...

Congrats.

73,
Ted  K2QMF

On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:19:36 -0400 Ray Fallen <ray.fallen at gmail.com>
writes:
> Well, now...let's see.
> 
> I have a logging program that:
> 
> - controls the radio or radios ... mode, frequency and filters
> - sends CW much better than I'll ever be able to
> - keys the voice keyer in my rig
> - selects the appropriate band/antenna combination so I don't blow 
> up the
> amp
> - coaches me when an entered call may not be valid
> - points and turns the quad...long OR short path, if you please
> - lets me records little electronic notes for things that make no 
> sense at
> 3:30 AM
> - tells me if I've already worked a guy or where else I need to work 
> him
> - tells me what country/zone/section/oblast/zip code he's in
> - lets me save his call and frequency in a band map...so when the 
> packet
> pile-up clears
>     I can go back and try to work him again
> - tells me what his exchange was when I worked him in last year's 
> contest
> - records all my QSO's...that would be call, exact time, date, 
> frequency
> and
>     exchange...legibly...with a press of the enter key
> - prepares a log all ready to be submitted...in seconds
> - ditto for a dupe sheet and score summary
> - allows me to review contest rules on line...'cause I can never 
> remember
> the exact Sprint exchange
> - allows me to engage in snappy repartee'  with other operators in 
> a
> multi-op environment
>    when I'm the 75 meter dude and it's 1PM local time and I'm bored 
> to
> freakin' tears
> - orders beer and pizza when I'm hungry (no, not really)
> - keeps CQ'ing when I sneak off to pee (more often than I'd like 
> these
> days) or feed the dog
> 
> And yet...according to the rules and some of the purists on the 
> Reflector...
> I'm not assisted until I connect with packet?
> 
> Really?
> 
> Seriously?
> 
> And we wonder sometimes why them young whipper snappers think our 
> hobby is
> irrelevant?
> 
> I'd be in favor of a CQ-Worldwide category for coffee stained paper 
> logs
> written in pencil...
> crystal controlled tube transmitters and receivers with manual 
> antenna
> switching (bonus points for a knife switch)...
> trapped dipoles no more than 20 feet off the ground and Radio Shack 
> hand
> keys.
> 
> Now that would separate the men from the boys.  But, sigh...some 
> guys would
> cheat and use a VFO.
> 
> 73,
> ND8L
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