Comments on: This Changes Everything? http://kb6nu.com/this-changes-everything/ My personal adventures in amateur radio Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:57:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ED K8OT http://kb6nu.com/this-changes-everything/#comment-298620 ED K8OT Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:21:10 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/this-changes-everything/#comment-298620 Contesting is like Racing, First its's skill then Cubic dollars. skimmer is like cubic pennys Skimmer can't make a 30 Ft tower into a 150 ft tower with 3 over two monobanders Contesting is like Racing, First its’s skill then Cubic dollars.
skimmer is like cubic pennys
Skimmer can’t make a 30 Ft tower into a 150 ft tower with 3 over two monobanders

]]> By: Bill WA6OHP http://kb6nu.com/this-changes-everything/#comment-291944 Bill WA6OHP Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:29:39 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/this-changes-everything/#comment-291944 Personally I like the CW filter/decoder God built in my head. But each to his own. Good post. 73 Personally I like the CW filter/decoder God built in my head. But each to his own.

Good post.

73

]]> By: David N8SRE http://kb6nu.com/this-changes-everything/#comment-291195 David N8SRE Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:39:00 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/this-changes-everything/#comment-291195 I think it's really cool. It's quite a clever use of technology. It also, once again, demonstrates CW's uniqueness as a mode that can be decoded with equal ease by both humans and computers. It's the only directly human-readable digital mode. (I'm told there are people who claim to be able to decode RTTY by ear, but I don't believe it.) I don't see this program as game-changing, though, at least not for real CW addicts. People who currently use CW don't use it because they have to, they use it because they like the challenge. They won't use this software, except maybe as a quick way to scan a band, because it won't interest them. If it changes anything, it'll be by getting a new strain of techno-geeks interested in CW, and that can only be good for the hobby. I think it’s really cool. It’s quite a clever use of technology. It also, once again, demonstrates CW’s uniqueness as a mode that can be decoded with equal ease by both humans and computers. It’s the only directly human-readable digital mode. (I’m told there are people who claim to be able to decode RTTY by ear, but I don’t believe it.)

I don’t see this program as game-changing, though, at least not for real CW addicts. People who currently use CW don’t use it because they have to, they use it because they like the challenge. They won’t use this software, except maybe as a quick way to scan a band, because it won’t interest them. If it changes anything, it’ll be by getting a new strain of techno-geeks interested in CW, and that can only be good for the hobby.

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