[VHFcontesting] Ears or Eyes, have fun! [was: REMINDER: ...CU2QSO Pioneers]

[Ev Tupis (W2EV)]

Tree wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 07:21:52PM -0600, Bob Witte wrote:
> 
> > If you really want to get back to basics, no computers should be used at
> > all, right? Only submit written logs, perhaps on some form of parchment. :-)
> 
> Well, yes - it could be taken to that extreme.
> 
> However, I think the point I was trying to make was - that for many of us,
> the act of listening to the radio and decoding what information is there
> is more fun when the human does it - and not a computer.  This is where
> the "magic" of radio meets the road, and removing that component of the
> experience reduces the "fun" aspect of the experience to the point that it
> is no longer a desired pastime.
> 
> Other advances (logging programs, fancy transceivers and CQ machines) do
> not intrude into that experience.

While you may limit yourself to using only your ears, others may not wish to. 
CU2QSO (as the name implies) engages sight to further enhance one's contesting
experience.  Please know...it does not replace SSB, CW, WSJT...it simply helps
to make sure you get as many Q's in the log as you can.  A v-a-s-t majority of
those Q's will still be via SSB/CW.

Please, take the time to visit the website to see a simulation of the system in
operation in a VHF contest.

Kind regards,
Ev Tupis, W2EV
http://www.beaconet.org
follow the hyperlink for CU2QSO