[CQ-Contest] Best CW contest rig

[David Gilbert]

Yes, I assumed that was the case, Jim.  But if you're shooting for the 
purity and sanctity of human-sent CW I don't understand why AI error 
correction would any less impure than the other means you mentioned.  It 
just seems to me that error correction by machine isn't much different 
than error prevention by machine.

Take care es 73,
Dave   AB7E



On 9/16/2020 2:59 PM, James Cain wrote:
> I was referring to human-generated Morse code. You know, using an
> electronic keyer that makes a string of dits or dahs, that the "operator"
> moves a single-pole, double-throw switch, called a "paddle." to combine
> those dits and dahs to make letters and numbers in Morse code. No keyboard,
> no software, no algorithms, no smart phone hooked up to something.
>
> When my paddle sticks or my hand shakes and I send dah dah dah dit I would
> like my radio's electronic keyer to recognize this as nonsense and change
> it. But I suppose that would require magic incantations from the doctor in
> Princeton to determine if I meant to send a Q or a Z or the numeral 8.
>
> But! I can correct my mistake faster than any danged "computer."
>
> cain
>
> Actually, the encode/decode algorithms used for modes like FT8 are pretty
> close to AI in principle, in that the decode process applies statistical
> probabilities to the various bits based upon a known encode process.
>
> I suppose it would be possible to write Morse Code generating software that
> was context-based to fix "errors", but if you want to go that far it seems
> like text-to-cw is far simpler ... just like most loggers already use.
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 9/16/2020 9:03 AM, James Cain wrote:
>
> Can somebody build a radio with an internal keyer with Auto Correct? That
> would be good. If somebody can sell snake oil software that "decodes"
> signals that don't exist, surely some other genius could design a keyer
> with Artificial Intelligence.
>
> cain
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