Yesterday I was monitoring the 20M CW contest activity. I wanted to see how well the DSP soundcard TTY software handled the background noise. I was using the SB-301 in the USB position rather the CW position.
One of the programs I have on the computer is HamScope. It is mostly meant for digital modes but has a CW mode. I was surprised at how well it could copy CW when the CW was obviously generated by another computer. It had a 99% correctness. This does not happen when the CW is sent by hand. If the sender is really good it might copy 75% but most of the time it is less than 50%. My observation yesterday was that a significant amount of the contesting was being done by computers. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, "Real Radios Glow in the Dark" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 8:48 AM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] 40M AM? > Those who memorize the answers to get a higher level ticket are only > cheating themselves. One of the most outstanding qualities old time > operators have/had is their knowledge of radio. Today it is easier to get > an Extra ticket to allow you to have full access to all frequencies > available to Amateur Operators, but if you take the time and expend the > effort to learn the theory you will have a much richer experience and enjoy > the fruit of your efforts even more. > > Just my nickel's worth.. > Rick/K5IAR > > > I did but there are other people that can't memorize 700 questions! > > Bob Macklin > K5MYJ > Seattle, Wa, > "Real Radios Glow in the Dark" > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
