Great idea dear Zack
73 Al 4L5A/D4B
> Makes me think of having computer-controlled driverless race cars. Or
> maybe having two computers play chess with each other. Might be fun for
> the programmers, but who else?
>
> Maybe we ought to have at least one old-fashioned contest each year. No
> packet at all, no computer logs, everyone logs on paper and mails their
> logs in. I'd be in on it!
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 km9m-zig@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > I don't know about these...... Why not have the computer power up the
station, you close the door,leave the house for the weekend, and 48 hrs
later look and see how your computer/software did in the contest? I think
we'd be better off knowing the rigs we're using.. The hobby is getting a
little "too software" dependent! IMHO
> > 73,
> > Zig KM9M (V26CW)
> > member of V26DX Team
> > > KE1FO dreamed:
> > >
> > > >I would love it if contest logging sofware authors would implement a
way
> > > >to inhibit trasmittion of at least computer generated stuff (cw and
voice
> > > > messages) if the transmit VFO is set outside a bandplan designated
by th
> > > >e user.
> > >
> > > I can see this being easily accomplished by not asserting PTT. On CW,
if
> > > logging program is also handling the paddles, then it could also
refuse to
> > > assert PTT for both canned messages & hand sent bits.
> > >
> > > Great idea, especially for rigs where it might not be so obvious to
the
> > > operator
> > > if the radio is set to work split.
> > >
> > > 73, VR2BrettGraham
> > >
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland!
> THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS!
> http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
---------------------------------------------------------------
The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland!
THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS!
http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/
---------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|