Doug, I accept your gauntlet and will submit one final OT post despite my business partner’s attempt to shut it down.
To wit: Many of us have vanishingly little τ, and from earlier posts it’s clear that K is irrational, so I propose reordering the terms as a Taylor series. Wayne N6KR > On Jul 3, 2018, at 6:27 PM, Doug Millar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I was thinking about the differences between using the digital modes on HF > and Knob and Dial modes, and I came up with this comparison. > > Basically ft8 and digital modes take more work on the setup end and are > easy to operate and "knob and dial" radios have little setup and the most > time is spent directing the operation. Both take the same amount of effort > but are inverse. > My limited math abilities express then relationship as- > > Dm(S10τ+Oτ)=K > > Kd(Sτ+O10τ)=K > > Where Dm= Digital Mode Kd=Knob and Dial radios S= Setup > O= Operating τ= Time K= Total effort > > > Revisions welcome----- Doug Millar K6JEY ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
