On Nov 7, 2005, at 3:52 PM, Craig Rairdin wrote:
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's called TACO (for Totally Automated Contest Operation). While
much has been written about it, including some interesting articles
in the National Contest Journal (NCJ) about 10 years ago, achieving
any sort of competitive level of operation has yet to happen.
There's no need for a separate operating class yet, and human
operators have little to fear at the moment from hordes of robotic
operations.
Besides, why let a computer have all the fun?
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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