[CQ-Contest] Robotic contest operating, why knot?

[N4ZR]

S56A claimed to have operated a robot contester more than 20 years ago.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/17/2018 5:16 PM, Jamie WW3S wrote:
> I think there already was a "robot" entry for a cw test several years 
> ago....
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Hank Greeb
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2018 9:20 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Robotic contest operating, why knot?
>
> Jim:
>
> Thanks for the compliment to my mental capacity.  It's is great to have
> it acknowledged publicly.
>
> I've only seen FT8 working with an operator clicking and calling
> stations, or having others call his station after he calls CQ.
>
> But, he, and several othres around SW Michigan say that the new version
> of FT8 has already been set up as a robot, and can operate with the
> control operator in another part of the shack doing other things.
>
> Again, I've not used either the original version nor the new version of
> FT8, so my info is 2nd hand.
>
> However, the day is approaching when all functions of a RTTY, CW, PSK31,
> FT8, etc. stations can and will be able to be controlled by robots.  At
> that point we'll have a "Zero Operator", or as another operator prefers
> "Sysop Control" category in contests.  Whether the people who set up the
> contest will recognize such an entry, or relegate it to the bit bucket
> or check log category is yet to be determined.
>
> /s/ The Idiot LID (as several others have said, and of which I freely 
> admit)
> 72/73 de n8xx Hg
> QRP >99.44% of the time
>
> On 12/17/2018 8:23 AM, cq-contest-request at contesting.com wrote:
>> Message: 2 Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 10:59:33 -0800 From: Jim Brown 
>> <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> To: cq-contest at contesting.com Subject: 
>> Re: [CQ-Contest] Using FT8 in RTTY Contests Message-ID: 
>> <15aa3189-11ae-c5e2-fa9f-8b880768ff60 at audiosystemsgroup.com> 
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed On 12/16/2018 
>> 7:07 AM, Hank Greeb wrote:
>>> One could always rig up several rigs to run FT-8 as a robot,
>> Your ignorance of how FT8 works is showing.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>
>
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