[Elecraft] A K3 Pileup Wrinkle with CW Skimmer

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Time to close this portion of the thread.

In general, arguments and statements like pro/con comments on CW operation, 
contesting etc are best taken elsewhere as they are way OT and outside of the 
list guidelines.

73,
Eric
Moderator for life.. (Oh Nooooo!)
elecraft.com

On 2/6/2015 1:38 PM, Larry Libsch 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? 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
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