[CQ-Contest] Past Prediction of the Future of Contesting.

[Bill Coleman]

Kevan, 

You have mis-interpreted my statement.

I wasn’t saying that it was a lot of trouble to go to a spot. My issue is what happened on the radio in real-time after you got to the spot. 

This has absolutely nothing to do with hand placement or mice versus keyboards. 

> On Aug 25, 2021, at 7:20 PM, Kevan Nason <knason00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We had different NQ4I mult station experiences then Bill. It is real easy
> to jump from station to station using N1MM or WinTest -- and probably
> others. A key stroke combination is all it takes. You don't need to waste
> time using the mouse to point and click. The hands stay on the keyboard. If
> you don't get through after a call or two, move on and come back later.
> Heck, Tom recently changed N1MM's M&Q list so you don't have to start going
> the other direction. The M&Q window automatically loops to the beginning
> after you reach the end of the spots. At the end of my time at Rick's, even
> Jim, VE7ZO, would sometimes forsake running because rate was sometimes
> better doing S&P while jumping from station to station. Heck, a couple
> times he and I were both S&P on 40 at the same time. We even ended up on
> the same freq calling the same station several times. (Amazing to me Rick's
> Orion rigs were so modified they didn't blow the front ends!). I'm a little
> pistol station here in SC, but it isn't unusual for me to achieve S&P rates
>> 100/hr for short bursts and sustained >80 for an hour or two. I don't
> start turning the VFO knob until I've run through the bands using N1MM's
> jump to spot assistance tools a couple-three times. Rate always drops when
> I finally resort to the big knob.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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