On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, George Johnson wrote:
> Rick,
> I think the appropriate expression is "watch out for what you wish for".
George:
That's almost verbatim what my pal ZD8Z said after he talked me into
getting active on HF again after 20+ years away & rejoing the NCCC he
and I helped co-found way back when :-)
> I would suggest trying the existing audio package and setup before you get
> too excited about an extension. WriteLog is used by most of us as a
> contesting aid and if you are contesting with it you might find that things
> might be "possible" but not necessarily helpful in a contest.
I appreciate your suggestion which is what I have already done. My
initial tests with the "extension" approach are extremely exciting...for
those of us willing to undertake that added effort.
> The automatic audio robot is interesting but a lot of work to set up and
> many have simply found that it is "interesting" but doesn't help to improve
> your contest experience.
The objective, of course, is to reduce the percentage of "robotism" on an
ongoing basis.
I found the comments of K1VV in his article on the K9JY website echo part
of the motivation for my "extended" approach:
"It's not perfect-but the reduction in fatigue and enjoyment in the
contest is much better..."
I have fully launched into SO2R yet, but as I sit back an view this whole
thing from a "Big Picture" standpoint, I can't help but feel having the
ability to implement FULL automation will faciliate improved "less-stress"
SO2R receive searches for multipliers in the process. Something to
*think* about???
Wait until you hear the demos I'll be putting up on a webpage soon. I'm
confident you (and others) will find this approach will blow away the
individual alpha/numeric .wav file approach we must use now for
callsigns.
Tnx again for your comments.
73...
Rick, K6VVA
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