I *think* Tor is saying that the bandmap will show which stations he has
worked, and because it is side by side with the waterfall it makes it
easy to identify stations that *may* be dupes. He repeatedly says there
is no decoding.
73, Pete N4ZR
The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at
reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
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On 1/1/2011 8:42 AM, Bob Naumann wrote:
> Tor,
>
> You said:
>
> "the general idea is to explore uses of SDR technology for unassisted SO2R
> cw contesting".
>
> You said "unassisted" - is that a typo?
>
> Because you then said:
>
> "-a SDR panadapter is integrated into the bandmap for showing dupes/new
> calls:
>
> Dupe qso's are marked on the bandmap in a different color. By actually
> marking the signal traces, it becomes easy to see potential new stations on
> a band---they stand out immediately (see screenshot at above web page).
> There is no need to tune across a band sequentially, just jump around to new
> signals."
>
> So, you're actually using the SDR to provide assistance?
>
> This sounds like a really cool thing for someone who wants to be assisted.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob W5OV
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of RT Clay
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 10:46 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] new logging program available
>
> I'm releasing a new contest logging program I've been working on for the
> last year. Its name is so2sdr, and the general idea is to explore uses of
> SDR technology for unassisted SO2R cw contesting. By unassisted, I mean that
> the program DOES NOT DECODE any cw. It is freely available at:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/so2sdr/
>
> At this point although I have operated a while using the program, it is
> still a work in progress, so expect to find bugs and things that are not
> complete.
>
> so2sdr features:
>
> -it is dual-platform, running under both Windows and Linux
>
> -a SDR panadapter is integrated into the bandmap for showing dupes/new
> calls:
>
> Dupe qso's are marked on the bandmap in a different color. By actually
> marking the signal traces, it becomes easy to see potential new stations on
> a band---they stand out immediately (see screenshot at above web page).
> There is no need to tune across a band sequentially, just jump around to new
> signals.
>
> -logging interface is somewhat like trlog
>
>
> Hardware (and specific contest) support is somewhat limited right now:
>
> -radios: Elecraft K3 and K2
> -cw generation only via Winkey
> -SDR: soundcard based SDR connected to rig IF (Softrock, LP-PAN, etc). 96
> KHz stereo sampling needed. One is needed for each radio.
> -parallel port for headphone/radio switching
>
>
>
> have fun& HNY! You can send bug reports to so2sdr (at) gmail.com
>
> Tor
> N4OGW/5
>
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