[Elecraft] CW Contest and Elecraft K3s decoder

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

I have refrained from working ANY and ALL contests for several years.    
For that and other reasons.   I view contests today in the same class as 
"road rage".

73

Bob, K4TAX


On 11/27/2017 2:39 PM, Fred Moore wrote:
> This is exactly why I do not work CW contests anymore.  CW contests have
> become a machine contest not a Ham contest... But some people will go to
> any expense to make sure they are number one.  Not interested in even
> giving them a 1 point..
>
> Fred Moore
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> On 11/27/17 8:54 AM, dick at elecraft.com wrote:
>> There's a lot of automation.
>>
>> Here's one of the best in the world at ZF2MJ, running 20 and 15 meters simultaneously. It's kind of mind-boggling.
>>
>> Dan (N6MJ) and Chris (K9LA) won WRTC in Boston, after placing quite high in earlier WRTC efforts.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3ncFJZqkTA
>>
>> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Frantz
>> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2017 22:42
>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Contest and Elecraft K3s decoder
>>
>> Under the rules, in the assisted categories, using decoders is legal. It is also legal, but perhaps unwise, to use the spotting network to "read" the call signs. Wiser is to verify a spotted call sign, which is a lot easier than to copy it cold. In the unassisted categories, all these techniques are illegal.
>>
>> I think most stations were using a macro to send their report.
>> Since the report in CQ WW DX is constant, setting up a macro is easy. Copying the report is a different matter, but I found the reports easier to copy than the calls, since the reports were all numbers (with some Ts, As, and Ns tossed in for brevity).
>>
>> 73 Bill AE6JV
>>
>> On 11/26/17 at 9:21 PM, marvwheeler at nwlink.com wrote:
>>
>>> I personally don't depend on the rig decoding but listening this
>>> weekend let me know that either the big boys are using something to
>>> decode station callsigns and are definite using an automated system to send their report.
>>> Using the K3S cw speed option I saw several that read over 60 wpm. I
>>> realize there are those that can copy that fast but not this old boy.
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