[ARC5] ARC5 Digest, Vol 173, Issue 31

[Mark K3MSB]

Hi Ben

Well, yes and no.   It depends upon how integrated you have your system.

At my home station I do not have the computer connected to the radio (Icom
756 Pro III).    I have to hear the station and manually copy the CW and
manually send the station’s call with the paddles.   Changing bands,
frequency etc is all manual.       That does slow down the QSO rate,  but
my home station is not going to win my any contests, so it doesn’t matter.
  I’m comfortable with my setup, and I have fun.

One of the drawbacks with a fully integrated station is that everything
will work fine right up until it doesn’t.    I’ve run into several
instances of that at the club.   When that happens during a contest and I’m
operating,  I just disconnect the interface and run things manually with my
keyer.    With complexity comes fragility in a system.

With either level of integration, it is most definitely not computer to
computer as the operator still needs to hear the station, decode the CW
etc.     That applies to electronic RTTY as well, but one needs to visually
align the waveform instead of aurally decoding it.   I’ve participated in a
few RTTY contests up the club and it’s about as interesting as watching
grass grow.     Center the waveform on the display, push some buttons, spin
the VFO…..

For computer to computer, use FT8.   They now have macros that will enable
fully automated QSOs.   Not my cuppa…..

73 Mark K3MSB





On Tue, Jun 19, 2018, 12:13 PM Military Wireless Museum via ARC5 <
arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>
>  I click on the spot and the transceiver goes to the spotted frequency.
> I push a “button” on the display and squirt out our call,  then push
> another button to send the exchange.    Push yet another button and I’m
> back to where I was.     It’s the way of modern contesting.
>
>
> I can't think of anything less interesting or more boring.  My computer
> works your computer.
>
> What is the point?  ah.. point, get it.
>
> Your 59, please repeat your callsign.
>
>
> Ham radio ! wow.
>
> Ben G4BXD
>
>
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