[CQ-Contest] FT4 - Robotic Contesting

[Steve London]

Before everyone paints N1MM Logger as some kind of villain, let me remind you 
that prefill has been a standard feature in contest loggers since K1EA's CT, in 
the late 1980's.

73,
Steve, N2IC

On 05/04/2019 06:49 PM, Barry wrote:
> Is that why 15% of the QSOs in the last ARRL DX and CQWW I operated with my 
> callsign got the state/zone wrong?
> Hint - they let N1MM pre-fill and didn't copy the exchange.
> 
> Barry W2UP
> 
> On 5/4/2019 3:18 PM, Hans Brakob wrote:
>> In CQWW, once you have the call sign (by skimmer or otherwise), you don’t need 
>> to copy a darn thing.  N1MM already “knows” the exchange for you.
>>
>>
>> 73, de Hans, KØHB
>> “Just a Boy and his Radio”
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Barry 
>> <w2up at comcast.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2019 11:28 AM
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] FT4 - Robotic Contesting
>>
>> Hans - you have to copy the exchange yourself.  That requires much
>> skill, especially in CQWW  :-)
>>
>> Barry W2UP
>>
>>
>> On 5/3/2019 8:23 PM, Radio KØHB wrote:
>>> That’s interesting, Barry.
>>>
>>> So in CQWW (is that a “major”?) you can use a local skimmer to decode CW, but 
>>> you can’t use a local decoder to decode CW?
>>>
>>> Did I get that right?
>>>
>>> 73, de Hans, KØHB
>>> "Just a boy and his radio"™
>>>
>>> From: Barry
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2019 1:03 AM
>>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] FT4 - Robotic Contesting
>>>
>>> CW decoders are strictly prohibited in the majors.
>>>
>>> Barry W2UP
>>>
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