Topband: Stew Perry Streaming Audio

[Shoppa, Tim]

I always set these software-based goals before the test, but funny how they get delayed in the face of driving kids around to acitivities and stringing up antennas in the trees, and then when the sun goes down and the contest starts swinging, all those pie in the sky virtual dreams evaporate in the face of real QSO's to be made :-)

I had a lot of fun in the Stew Perry and felt my new west-facing pennant was an improvement for stations in the deeper west and on west coast. I'm sure I didn't hear some low power California stations that tried to call me.

Tim N3QE
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From: Shoppa, Tim
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 9:58 AM
Cc: topband at contesting.com
Subject: RE: Topband: Stew Perry Streaming Audio

Streaming audio live during the contest doesn't seem particularly useful to me.

But recordings made available post-contest over the web, those might be interesting to others. I'm going to see if I can set that up at my (much more modest) shack. I would love to hear what my signal sounds like on West Coast or in EU.

Tim N3QE

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From: Topband [topband-bounces at contesting.com] on behalf of Tree [tree at kkn.net]
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 9:39 AM
To: Eric NO3M
Cc: Stan Stockton; topband at contesting.com; cq-contest at contesting.com; Clive GM3POI
Subject: Re: Topband: Stew Perry Streaming Audio

Perhaps a different approach is to make it available to people who are
interested in hearing it.  There are probably some people who are not able
to operate the contest and would appreciate the opportunity to hear what it
sounds like.  Also - Eric is a top notch operator and being able to listen
to how he uses two radios might be educational for some.

I really doubt there is going to be abuse of this - despite what our
imaginations come up with.  I know K5ZD and others have done this for other
major contests.

Tree N6TR


On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 3:39 AM, Eric NO3M <no3m at no3m.net> wrote:

> Since there seems to be too much concern over this, though no ill intent
> was intended, audio will not be broadcast.
>
> GL / 73 Eric NO3M
>
> On 12/28/2013 06:23 AM, Stan Stockton wrote:
>
>> Eric,
>>
>> You made it clear what you were doing, and I am quite sure Clive
>> understood.  I think the logic behind his question has to do with whether
>> it is within the spirit of the contest -  especially this one.  Let's say,
>> as a result of the announcement or advertisement , 15 DX stations and 25
>> USA stations who are not even going to send in their log called you, just
>> for fun and the novelty of it, so they could listen to their own signal at
>> your end via Internet.
>>
>> What if some have enough QRM or QRN that they could only copy whether you
>> came back to them by listening via internet? Fair to your competitors?
>>
>> It is cool, but I've always had a problem with this, regardless of what
>> contest.
>>
>> 73...Stan, K5GO
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
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