[CQ-Contest] "Packet ruined ham radio" (version N+1)

[Steve Lott]

Art,

You are welcome to go back to the AM days
and forget the modern Upper side USB or Lower Side LSB tools as well

Packet cluster, modern logging tools etc etc are just that,  Tools
if we know their limitations and embrace use of our brains with the tools
it is fun

If someone just uses the super check partial files to fill the missing
suffix of a call
they are often going to get a NIL

Good OPS are still Good OPS and even better ones if they use modern tools
*and* their Brains

if you desire to go back to the days of paper logs and even worse paper
dupe sheets then you do that
I for one am very happy we have turned that page !

and yes this is a very dead horse !!!

Cheers!
steve


http://www.KG5VK.com
My Ham Radio Friends


On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Art Boyars <artboyars at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm sure all you modern op's are tired of hearing me beat this dead horse
> (see note below sig), but...
>
> KK9A laments (with justification):
>
> "[N1MM logging program not showing WP2AA as US VI] is a terrible error as
> it caused a lot of confusion all weekend long and it probably caused me to
> lose many QSOs."
>
> Well, if the operators actually had to KNOW something (like what prefix
> means what entity) we would not have this problem.
>
> You don't have to know what country it is -- the logger tells you that.
>
> You don't have to know where to point the antenna (I should have such a
> problem!) -- the logger tells you that.
>
> You don't have to guess the missing letters in a responder's call sign --
> the logger does that.
>
> You don't have to look for new CQers -- the logger tells you that, AND it
> points out if it's a mult and tells you where to point the beam.
>
> You just click and work.
>
> All the years of experience that you used to need to improve your
> contesting performance are now not needed.  It's so much different from
> when I got started.  I know I'm a minority, but I liked it better the old
> way.  More skill (well, different skills), more learning, and more
> excitement.
>
> I'm glad most of you think it's more fun now.
>
> 73, Art K3KU
>
> Note: How do you "hear" some one beat a dead horse?  Ask Tim Leary.  Some
> of us lived through that era and do remember it.
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