[Elecraft] HRD cw copy

[Dan Romanchik KB6NU]

But copying CW isn't like trying to understand natural language.  If  
computers can now beat grandmasters at chess, computers should be able  
to copy any code that a good operator can decipher.  I don't even  
think we need more powerful computers; we just need better algorithms.

73!

Dan KB6NU
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On Jan 21, 2009, at 6:18 PM, Sverre Holm wrote:

> Simon (HB9DRV)  wrote:
>
>>> ...but the Morse code decoding needs some work.
>
>> I agree - I would love to have a month later this year to work on CW
>> decoding. I have no doubts that a computer can decode better than a  
>> human,
>> just needs someone (!) to write the decoder.
>
> Oh, ye of great faith!
>
> Just think of what a hard time computers have with tough processing  
> problems like recognition of natural language,
> i.e. freely spoken speech with a machine  that is not trained by  
> that particular speaker. How easy it is for a human, and
> how hard it is for a machine even after decades of work by lots of  
> people.
>
>
> Sverre
> LA3ZA