My first thought after I read the subject line was, "Why is he bringing up the Monkey trial?" I never once thought of a computerized gadget. I guess having numbers on a dial is kind of neat but unnecessary to communications :) Kind of like fishing: do you really want to know where all the fish are? Do you want to catch ALL the fish? Or do you just want to go fishing? Kevin. KD5ONS
-----Original Message----- >From: Wes Stewart <[email protected]> >Sent: Feb 16, 2010 5:13 PM >To: [email protected], Steve Ellington <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] For you Anti-Scopes > >How did we ever find each other before all of this computer stuff? > >I mean I had only 250 or so countries confirmed using paper and pencil logs >and the only computer I was familiar with was an HP9000 series at work running >HP Basic (with 250K of RAM!). > >--- On Tue, 2/16/10, Steve Ellington <[email protected]> wrote: > > >My 19" monitor is showing a cw segment of 40 meters in the early afternoon. I >see 4 active cw signals. >Tell me....What would be the odds of finding those signals by tuning across >the band with a knob? > >You would miss hearing the signal if: >1. As you tuned across his frequency, he paused and you didn't hear him. >2. As you tuned across his frequency, he turned it over to the other guy who >is too weak to hear. >3. His cw speed is so slow that you tuned across his frequency in between >characters. >4. He ended his CQ before you tuned to his frequency. >5. His singnal faded into the noise right when you were tuning through his >frequency. >6. You heard a beep as you tuned but now you can't find where he was. >7. He started calling CQ right as you tuned past his frequency. > >Once you've had a bandscope, it's hard to live without it. >See it in action: http://n4lq.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8215456 > >Steve >N4LQ > > > > > >______________________________________________________________ >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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
