Topband: Web SDR's and 'Cheating'

[W2PM]

Thats a great use Herb ..

FWIW - I am not a contester or an awards collector but I am a serious dx'er.  Technology concerns aside for how the various new things can be abused, I really think the single issue affecting ham radio is poor behaviors.   Whether senseless pileup calling, illegal power, QSO hogging and seemingly aggressive, unethical contesting techniques it's like gun control - it's not the guns - its the users..

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On Feb 11, 2011, at 15:51, Herb Schoenbohm <herbs at vitelcom.net> wrote:

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> On 2/11/2011 12:09 PM, W2PM wrote:
>> Why not just use SKYPE?  Could have a packaged service which includes band noise, QRM, etc. Like Dr DX but via SKYPE.  QST can do a full tech review. For once it may be meaningful too.
>> 
> 
> Well in fact I do........use Skype.... but in a very different way that 
> is intended to be helpful and not during contests.  Here is what I do:
> 
> I have my RX and NE Beverage on 1821.5 with Skype in Auto Answer.  
> Anyone who calls my Skype gets the RX audio, to test, if they wish, how 
> their signal is being heard here during various propagation conditions.  
> This is a single frequency, single user, courtesy basically to test 
> propagation for the other end to switch TX antennas.  It provides no 
> direct help in "enabling" a contact.  At times when I have put it into a 
> wider mode on the QSX frequency of a Dx-pedition to give an idea of the 
> magnitude of callers across 1.5 Khz.  The latency of a few seconds is 
> enough to discourage any misuse. It may have had some value,  during the 
> PJ entity explosion as propagation here is the same as most of the 
> nearby PJ5,6, and 7.
> 
> If you can hear yourself in the pileup across 1.5 khz of audio you 
> deserve a medal anyway. If there is a problem with this, I would like to 
> know.  Please let us not make the technology good the victim of the bad.
> 
> Herb, KV4FZ
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