Y'know, I didn't mean to sound ugly and I hope that I didn't offend the author. I just think that if we're going to play ball the field needs to be level.
I'm sure the Elecraft reflector will have a ball with that one. An unfortunate mispost but those things happen. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:46 PM, AA8K73 GMail <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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... >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using alpha and beta versions of the software. > -- The proportions and relations of things are just as much facts as the things themselves. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using alpha and beta versions of the software.
