[CQ-Contest] what is required of recevied audio, and whay

Barry w2up at comcast.net
Thu Mar 9 16:42:06 EST 2017


That's why other contests should follow the (now old) lead of DARC and 
the WAE.  Combine the two SO categories.  They're pretty much 
indistinguishable and unenforceable now.

Barry W2UP

On 3/9/2017 12:06, Steve London wrote:
> I agree with Ed - it was a terrible decision to allow panadapters and 
> waterfalls in the unassisted category. It was obvious to me that it 
> wouldn't take long for bandmaps to be merged with these displays, 
> making unassisted and assisted indistinguishable to the adjudicators, 
> even with a recording. The law of unintended consequences.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
>
> On 03/09/2017 11:29 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> Hi Ed,
>>
>> How did you feel when you bought your first memory keyer that could be
>> programmed for serial numbers?  Mine was an AEA, sometime in the '60s, I
>> think. Do you use programmable memories and dupe-checking with logging
>> software? Or are you still sending everything with a paddle, logging
>> with pencil and paper, and using a paper dupe sheet like we did in the
>> '50s?
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>
>> On Thu,3/9/2017 9:49 AM, Ed Sawyer wrote:
>>> This is why panadapters and waterfalls should never have been allowed
>>> in the
>>> unassisted category.  And why I have never used them.
>>
>>
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