Art,
It is GOOD for those that are entering in the Assisted category
yes, it is a techniques that is perfected
by practice
Are you complaining or just making a point ?
I try to view things with the approach that the glass is half full
steve
KG5VK
http://www.KG5VK.com
My Ham Radio Friends
On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good post, Art.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 13:26 Art Boyars <artboyars@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Among the many posts about interleaved CQs and about spotting and RBN
> > packet, this quote represents several:
> >
> > "We can criticize the RBN and packet but used properly by skilled
> operators
> > it is a valuable tool."
> >
> > Well, yes. But valuable for what? Only for this new form of contesting
> > that we Tune-For-QSO op's think is getting too far away from what (HF)
> > RADIO contesting is supposed to be about.
> >
> > Does it take (different) skills to use them effectively? You betcha. So
> > what?
> >
> > (Which is easier to play: the piano or the violin? Answer: No. It might
> > be easier to get out your first notes with the piano, but achieving
> > excellence is equally difficult. By definition.)
> >
> > It would also take some new skills to use a system in which:
> >
> > -- You hear a signal, that's a little too weak to copy...
> > but you get part of the call
> > -- Your SCP database figures out possible matches
> > -- Your real-time propagation analyzing software
> > figures out which of the matches
> > might actually be coming through,
> > -- and makes a temporary network connection
> > with those guys, asking, "Are you calling me?"
> > -- Your software accepts only negative replies,
> > so you are not being told who IS calling,
> > only who is NOT calling.
> > -- The not-callers are deleted from the SCP matches.
> > -- You need fewer repeats to log the QSO
> >
> > I dearly hope none of you think THAT counts as making QSOs by radio. So,
> > now ... how close shall we allow?
> >
> > 73, Art K3KU
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> --
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