[Elecraft] ARRL November Sweepstakes CW

[Bill Coleman]

On Nov 7, 2005, at 3:52 PM, Craig Rairdin wrote:

> 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's called TACO (for Totally Automated Contest Operation). While  
much has been written about it, including some interesting articles  
in the National Contest Journal (NCJ) about 10 years ago, achieving  
any sort of competitive level of operation has yet to happen.

There's no need for a separate operating class yet, and human  
operators have little to fear at the moment from hordes of robotic  
operations.

Besides, why let a computer have all the fun?

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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