[CQ-Contest] Best CW contest rig

[James Cain]

If I were "searching for the purity and sanctity of human sent CW" I'd be
using a straight key.

But no worry! My original post was only a joke anyway.

cain

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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