[TenTec] Ad in AES Catalog...
Bill Rowlett
kc4atu at hotmail.com
Wed Apr 21 19:43:47 EDT 2004
I must agree with you, I do not own a packet setup and there is no internet
connection in the shack. I use the old ears to find the DX, it is what makes
it fun.
I was in the retail side of this hobby back in the early 90's and heard of
several contesting sofeware packages which ran in full auto mode. Called
CQ, answered calls, log the calls, and at the end of the 24 or 48 hr period,
it ran the totals and printed the hard copy to be mailed in. You could have
bought a new care for the same price as the software though.
Bach to the old cans and a good tune across the bands.
73, Bill kc4atu
FM19ga
>From: Duane Grotophorst <n9dg at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: tentec at contesting.com
>To: tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ad in AES Catalog...
>Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:01:05 -0700 (PDT)
>
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>--- Bill Rowlett <kc4atu at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Why point at the map, with the proper control
> > software, your radio now will
> > tune to the latest cluster spot, and your beam will
> > be on the correct heading.
> >
>
>I've never understood why so many think that
>interfacing their radios to the DX clusters spots is
>such a crowning achievement of ham radio DXing and
>shack design. To me if the DX appears on a cluster it
>is already to late. I want my radio to help me find
>the new DX *first*, - before anyone else does. That is
>what drives the kind of computer integration with my
>RF gear that I seek. So I'm therefore willing to
>unleash some pretty serious computing power to do
>that, but it must however be operating independent of
>of any outside information. I simply prefer finding DX
>by using equipment that is wholly contained within my
>shack, using DX spotting nets, Internet or otherwise
>is not.
>
>Duane
>N9DG
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