Shhhh, Bill.
Let the "Very Experienced Contest Operators" stick with their hand-cranked radios.
That's more of an advantage for us Flexer's who can learn a way different from the past. :)
William H. Fite wrote:
As a research methodologist--Dr. Fite to Dr. White--I have to note a flaw in the conditions of your "experiment." The operators were, as you noted, newbies lacking experience with the Flex. Simply changing from one conventional transceiver to another or from one logging program to another is enough to throw off the conditioned responses and the muscle memory of an experienced contester. Why would we be surprised to find that knob-twisters, having their first experiences with no-knob radios, would find them unsatisfying? I think that there *may* be some issues that *might *make the Flex more challenging to use in contest situations, that I will give you. But your experiences as recounted here scarcely justify the dismissive conclusion that, "the Flex was not ready for 'Prime Time' Contesting." It is likely that not many years will pass before SDR contest operators find that knobbed radios are hindrances to their own performance. Long range bet? As to running the Flex and the logger simultaneously and ameliorating focus issues, two words: Dual monitors. Oh, and mouse fluency, of course. A final thought: Why are two computers an "ugly solution?" Since the SDR can sit under the desk or across the room, what is the significant difference between two computers sitting side by side versus one computer and a Yaesu 9000 sitting side by side? My experience with obsessed and driven contesters is that no price is too great to pay, no burden too great to bear. For the cost of an antenna farm one can buy a whole bunch of laptops...
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