Re: [CQ-Contest] Checklog Charlie

["Igor Sokolov" <ua9cdc@gmail.com>]

Joe,
Do not give up.
I think I have found CAT interface for your old radio.
http://www.i2tzk.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55:vintagecat&catid=31:projects&Itemid=46

If you can not build it yourself you can probably find someone who would do 
it for you for much less then 5000 $.
I still remember the time (about 25 years ago) when for most of us here in 
Russia  cost of entering CQWW contest was building a transciever. And we 
never complained or thought it was unfair.
73, Igor UA9CDC



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe" <nss@mwt.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Checklog Charlie


> I don't ever see in the next decade or even more any contest sponsor 
> requiring this. Unless they want to cut the participation level.
> I know I wouldn't be able to enter
>
> Drake TR-4  or Kenwood TS-430S
>
> Joe WB9SBD
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> On 5/9/2015 9:34 AM, Mike Reublin NF4L wrote:
> > I'm missing something here. How is it the fault of the rig that xmit 
> > freq. isn't logged? Any modern rig is capable of supplying the frequency 
> > of both VFOs. It's a trivial matter for the software to request it. It 
> > just isn't tradition.
> > If the contest sponsors require it, the programmers will include it. 
> > Course you'd also have to know if split was on.
> > 73, Mike NF4L
> >
> > > On May 9, 2015, at 7:05 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > W2LC wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Neither my radio or software is capable of logging the transmit 
> > > frequency
> > > for
> > >
> > > me, so does that mean I can no longer submit a log for CQWW?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The software is not the big issue but the radio is. What is the cost of
> > > adding
> > >
> > > my transmit frequency to my log? About $5k USD for a good radio decent
> > > filters
> > >
> > > and other accessories. Is that the price of entry into CQWW?  Quite 
> > > honestly
> > > my
> > >
> > > older radio still works pretty well and I do not see getting many more 
> > > QSOs
> > > due
> > >
> > > to a new radio. The ROI would be very low.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is it now the policy of the CQWW committee to say to older radio users 
> > > "we
> > > don't want you in this contest"?"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --------
> > >
> > > Actually, since you already have an older radio, the cost of good clean
> > > FT1000MP with decent filters on the used market is about $1,400.  And 
> > > for
> > > $100 you can buy virtually any contest software. So the real need is 
> > > more
> > > like $1,500 - not $5,000.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And the point of it, if required, would not be that you can't 
> > > participate in
> > > the contest and submit your log, but rather you might not be eligible 
> > > for
> > > significant awards.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I think that the separation of the 6,000+ entrants that are enjoying
> > > themselves from the 1,000 that are truly competing would be a good thing 
> > > for
> > > the sport.  Requiring those that are actually "in it to compete and do 
> > > well"
> > > something that is completely unnecessary for the rest of the crowd is 
> > > fine
> > > if someone knows it's the "price of admission" to be a competitor. 
> > > Nothing
> > > in this world worth competing for is cheap to play in or easy to win. 
> > > Why
> > > should radiosport be any different?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ed  N1UR
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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