[Elecraft] ARRL November Sweepstakes CW

[Geoffrey Gallaway]

Why not go one step further and remove the radio all together? Just send 
the QSO's over the internet!

Craig Rairdin wrote:
>>I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any place  
>>left in contesting for those of us who choose not to have a computer send 
>>code or receive code
> 
> 
> Actually I was daydreaming about the opposite and was wondering if anyone is
> working on this: There's no reason a program couldn't be written to automate
> the entire contesting process. The computer could work the radio, answer
> calls, send replies, and keep its own log. A control op would have to be
> present, and we'd need an operating class for "fully automated". It wouldn't
> necessarily be something where you'd sell the software to the mass market,
> thus destroying contesting forever, but rather it would make an interesting
> competition among the various software companies.
> 
> You could even have networks of computers working one-per-band and other
> computers acting as spotters for rare multipliers. 
> 
> Software is pretty close to this already. WriteLog can integrate sending CW
> so tightly with logging, that it really only adds one keystroke to the
> normal keystrokes required for logging. After sending a CQ you enter the
> callsign and hit enter. It sends your report. Then enter the other guy's
> report and hit enter again. It logs the QSO and sends QSL/QRZ. If it could
> parse the CW decoder window it would be half-way there.
> 
> As a programmer this sounds really cool. I don't have time to write it but
> it would be fun to work on if I could.
> 
> Craig
> NZ0R
> K1 #1966
> K2/100 #4941
> 
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