[Elecraft] ARRL November Sweepstakes CW

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 02:52:30PM -0600, 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.

This was first done during Field Day, 1986, by a robot built by N6TR using 
the Z80 processor: http://www.trlog.com/history.shtml

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Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
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