[Elecraft] OT: new concept/tool for cw DXing and contesting.

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/3/08 10:02:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, K2TK at att.net 
writes:

> The reality is that it is just one step up from the DX  
> clusters.
> 

Except that using clusters in many contests will put you in a different entry 
class. 

The trend towards such automation is not new. 

Some time back, W3FQB (SK) wrote a story called "The Man Who Broke The Bank" 
about a techno-ham who built a fully automated SS station and proceeded to 
make an incredible score. The computer did everything - tuned across all the 
bands looking for new ones, called CQ, made the QSOs, kept the log, decided where 
the best points-rate could be found, etc. He just sat and watched it go, and 
occasionally keyed it manually just to have something to do. 

The article was in QST for May, 1953.

73 de Jim, N2EY


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