[WriteLog] UPGRADE CW DECODER - Is it Possible ?

[vk4ti at yahoo.com]

Hans 
That could be the start of a great challenge - 
Would it be better if the contest was a non US one ? to interest all entries ? 
If there is enough momentum we could create a web site to get the challenge under-way..and I could chuck in an additional $100 USD....we would need the prize to be at least $2,000 to expect a sniff of interest...
But does the prize go to the OP or the Software developer ??
To test it further we should make the operator a non CW op..

Trent VK4TI 




--- On Tue, 26/10/10, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] UPGRADE CW DECODER - Is it Possible ?
To: vk4ti at yahoo.com, "Dick Flanagan" <dick at k7vc.com>, "WriteLog Reflector" <writelog at contesting.com>
Received: Tuesday, 26 October, 2010, 9:36 AM

Dick, and all,

I hereby offer a prize of $100 greenback US dollars to the first serious competitor that submits a 99% accurate log for the ARRL November Sweepstakes using ONLY a "CW decoder" to copy Morse during the contest period.

Conditions of the award:

 At least 1000 QSO's during the contest.
 All exchange information must be copied off the air (no automagic fills of any sort)
 99% accurate means no more than 10 bad QSO's (NIL, incorrect copy of information, etc).
 No "by ear" or visual monitoring, ie no speakers, headphone, waterfall, or other audio/visual representation of the receiver output.  Operator must accept the verbatim alphanumeric output of the decoder, with no editing.

I don't expect to need to make any payment on this offer in my lifetime.

73, de Hans, K0HB
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From: "Dick Flanagan" <dick at k7vc.com>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 10:11 PM
To: <vk4ti at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Writelog Reflector" <writelog at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] UPGRADE CW DECODER - Is it Possible ?

> When CW decoders become 99%+ effective it will become just another
> digital mode.  Is that what we want?
> 
> Dick
>