[Elecraft] OT: CW Skimmer

[Phil Hystad]

I will add my two-bit opinion.  CW text decode as a crutch when copying 
by ear also is a big negative.  Whenever I am using CW Decode, my own
copying by ear performance drops a bit because too much leaning and dependence
on the CW decode display for my translation.

I say -- if you are learning CW or wanting to improve your speed -- turn off that CW decode.

73, phil, K7PEH


> On Feb 6, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> While CW Skimmer may be about spotting the guy calling ...
> CW Get and/or the CW text decode capability in the K3 are
> *certainly not* about spotting the calling station in the
> pile-up.  Their only purpose is as a crutch for those who
> are either unable due to hearing loss or too lazy to learn
> to copy the code.
> 
> 73,
> 
>   ... Joe, W4TV
> 
> 
> 
> On 2015-02-06 2:01 PM, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
>> It's not about copying CW. It's about spotting the guy a dx station is working in a 30 kHz wide pileup when a hundred other guys are calling out of turn. A human can only copy a few calls within a few kHz at the same time, while the skimmer can get all of them.
>> 
>> Vic 4X6GP/K2VCO
>> 
>>> On Feb 6, 2015, at 7:29 PM, Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Of course there's the option of  learning to copy CW ...... (; -)
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> 
>>> Ken - K0PP
>>>> On Feb 6, 2015 8:57 AM, "Tom Blahovici" <tomb18 at videotron.ca> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Yes CW skimmer works great. One caveat though with listening on vfo b.
>>>> Many people use the built in decoding of cw on the k3 or use software such
>>>> as cwget to assist them. This only works on the main receiver so you lose
>>>> that functionality.
>>>> Two things would be great here. One, having decoding built into the k3
>>>> subreceiver.  That would fix this when you use it like you do. Second, cw
>>>> skimmer should have an option to qsy on vfo b as well.
>>>> Tom
>>>> va2fsq.com
>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 6, 2015 10:06 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> CW Skimmer is a great tool for cracking the K1N pileups because it
>>>>> decodes the calls of folks calling as well as who just sent 599, and you
>>>>> can click on the relevant decoder dot to move instantly to that
>>>>> frequency.  I'm using it with an LP-Pan in what Skimmer calls the
>>>>> Softrock-IF mode.
>>>>> 
>>>>> One rub, though, is that the pileups are so wide that it often is not
>>>>> possible to go split, listen on VFO A, and transmit on the second VFO,.
>>>>> because Skimmer tracks VFOA and the action is too far above K1N's
>>>>> frequency to display on my monitor.  My K3 has the separate subRX,
>>>>> happily, so I can invert things - listen to K1N on VFO B, while tuning
>>>>> up the band on VFO A looking for the last successful caller. Works
>>>>> amazingly well.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>>>> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
>>>>> http://reversebeacon.net,
>>>>> blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com.
>>>>> For spots, please go to your favorite
>>>>> ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.
>>>>> 
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