On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 02:52:30PM -0600, Craig Rairdin wrote: > > I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any place > > left in contesting for those of us who choose not to have a computer send > > code or receive code > > Actually I was daydreaming about the opposite and was wondering if anyone is > working on this: There's no reason a program couldn't be written to automate > the entire contesting process. The computer could work the radio, answer > calls, send replies, and keep its own log. A control op would have to be > present, and we'd need an operating class for "fully automated". It wouldn't > necessarily be something where you'd sell the software to the mass market, > thus destroying contesting forever, but rather it would make an interesting > competition among the various software companies.
This was first done during Field Day, 1986, by a robot built by N6TR using the Z80 processor: http://www.trlog.com/history.shtml -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kenharker.com/ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
