[Elecraft] A K3 Pileup Wrinkle with CW Skimmer

[Larry Libsch]

> For those who are so disabled as to require an external "crutch" to
> copy their own call and 5NN, it is a simple matter to reverse channels
> in the sound card (at most it requires a "reversing cable") to decode
> audio on the sub Receiver.

         Ah, the old CW snobbery! When is the notion that paddle or key 
generated CW is superior to software and keyer generated code going to 
disappear? You decode RTTY with software, don't you? CW is just another 
digital mode. Software decoding has brought many new CW ops into CW 
DXing and contesting. Software encoding is more accurate and allows many 
ops to achieve speeds they could never otherwise achieve. Perhaps you 
use a keyer for contesting? Many (most?) contesters do. CW contest 
participation is declining. RTTY contest participation is increasing. 
Software is every where improving our lives. Time to give up on old ways 
and ideas and move into the future.


                                                             K4KGG, Larry