This kind of reminds me of the robot packet station I ran for Field Day one year a long time ago. It would call CQ, wait for a connection, log it, hand out a QSO number, then disconnect and start over. All running on my Commodore 128! 73, Jim KQ6EA
--- "Peter G. Viscarola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > They're all "really hard" > > > > Indeed. > > I suspect it wouldn't be all that difficult to build > a LOUSY contesting > robot... you know, one that slogged up the 20M band > in the CQ WW RTTY DX > Contest and attempted to QSO every station running a > frequency... and > moving on when successful or after a few > unsuccessful tries. I shudder > to think of the "contest etiquette" such a robot > would display. > > It might be easier for the robot to run a frequency. > > But I suspect building a GOOD contesting robot would > be VERY difficult > indeed. There's just so much "feel" and personal > judgment involved in > contesting. In timing, choosing bands, choosing the > stations to try to > contact, setting the receiver parameters (filers, RF > and AF gain, etc). > > Hmmmm... I must admit that I kinda like the idea of > a robot sitting on a > frequency and trying to run it. I wonder how many > Qs/hr it'd be able to > sustain?? > > It DOES lead to some interesting questions: Would we > have to have it to > periodically and randomly transmit "PSE QSY PSE QSY > freq in use"?? > Would I still count as the control operator if I'm > in the other room > eating lunch and watching the football game?? (just > kidding, boys... > don't go nuts on me) > > > de Peter K1PGV > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
