[Elecraft] A K3 Pileup Wrinkle with CW Skimmer

[George Dubovsky]

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Larry Libsch <llibsch at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> 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?


I don't think the original comment had anything to do with generating cw.


> You decode RTTY with software, don't you?


Yes. It was designed to be machine-decoded.


> CW is just another digital mode.


Yes, one that was designed to be able to be decoded by ear.


> Software decoding has brought many new CW ops into CW DXing and contesting.


Great!


> Software encoding is more accurate


At high signal/noise levels it is perhaps as accurate.


> and allows many ops to achieve speeds they could never otherwise achieve.


Only if they choose to not practice and improve.


> Perhaps you use a keyer for contesting? Many (most?) contesters do.


You betcha.


> CW contest participation is declining.


Oooh, I'd love to see your research on this one.


> RTTY contest participation is increasing.


Great!


> Software is every where improving our lives.


True.


> Time to give up on old ways and ideas and move into the future.
>

As long as the future is an improvement - 'tisn't always so.

73,

geo - n4ua

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