[ARC5] BC-453 or R-23(*)/ARC-5 on 600 meters...

[Mike Everette via ARC5]

Say AHHHH-MEN!

And that "squishy" computer between the headphones is far, FAR more capable than any machine.

It has SKILL.

Machines have no skill.

73

Mike
WA4DLF

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On Sun, 8/3/14, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [ARC5] BC-453 or R-23(*)/ARC-5 on 600 meters...
 To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
 Date: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 9:10 PM
 
 This is all IMHO, of course:
 
 God bless all those folks who love WSPR and such
 ultra-loooooow-through-put modes.   Go to
 it.
 They're just not for me.
 
 If I can't exchange information at a practical rate,
 I don't see the point beyond being a "marker beacon" for 
 propagation or something.  As for the "DX" possible...
 I don't think of "DX" as copying a single call sign in 
 Timbuktoo after listening for 26 hours.  
 I thought one had to "communicate" to "work DX."
 Well, we can detect a microwatt signal from anywhere on
 Earth and far beyond given frequency certainty and 
 long-enough integration time.  But once one has
 acquired
 the known carrier signal, what else good is it?
 
 Back in the mid-80s on 1750 meters when we broke the 
 1000-mile barrier, then swiftly the 2000 mile barrier,
 then Coast-to-Coast, then California to Hawaii and
 we used plain-old CW.  The only computer was
 the squishy one between our ears and the "input device"
 was a good set of earphones.
 That's the "communication" on Longwave I enjoyed.
 The computer and the long integration just feel 
 "artificial" to me.  I'd rather sweat for it.
 YMMV of course.
 
 73 DE Dave AB5S
 
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