[Xtreme-talk] Spreading the word...

[Doug Grant]

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Bob McGwier<rwmcgwier at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alex and I both
> have diversity combining applications for Rocky and FlexRadio PowerSDR.  In
> addition to this,  I have been developing for years a means for using GPS to
> tame oscillators AND IN ADDITION,  using these coherent oscillators and
> disparate antenna systems, radios, etc.  how to make them into a coherent
> processing system without anything like synchronous timing signals between
> them.  I hope to use this, if not this fall, next.  Rick Hambly (W2GPS),
>  Tom Clark (K3IO), and I have been working together on this system since
> 2000 and we are "there at last".

This is EXACTLY the kind of thing that will score very high on the
subjective side of the scoring. Some real innovation here that ought
to actualyl help make more QSOs!

> Since I have received many inquiries, I will pass them along.  RTTY seems
> like a completely natural fit for this class.  A totally automated station
> with very high degree of confidence in making low error rate QSO's seems
> possible.  Can we at least consider adding Xtreme class to these contests
> next year?

Yes, I have also been asked about this and have raised the subject
with the CQWW RTTY Director, W0YK. He is in favor of it, so if we get
enough interest in the CW and SSB portions to continue the category
for next year, I think RTTY will probably be added.

Please encourage any of the RTTY guys who have inquired to make an
entry on the CW weekend this year, as a warmup! I'm sure their RTTY
decoding software will work on CW.

> I look forward to making an innovative entry this year and making a really
> serious effort next year.  THANK YOU to CQ WW committee for this.

You're welcome! Let's hope we get a lot of participation this year,
and some really cool technologies emerge.

73,

Doug K1DG