Paper logging is pretty common for emergency communications. Unlike contests, the messages can be anything. It is common to have a net control and scribe working as a team.
Most of the time, that can be done with a simple headphone distribution amp, but there are fancier setups. wunder K6WRU CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) On Jul 3, 2015, at 10:08 PM, Jack Brindle <jackbrin...@me.com> wrote: > Lyle, I seriously doubt that, given the task of having to dupe and > cross-check 500 or a thousand QSOs in a contest, that even you would be so > nostalgic as to do it with the paper dupe sheets we used to have to use. > These days if you are logging on paper you have already lost the contest… > > 73, > > Jack, W6FB (who likewise is remembering all the folks, some close relations, > who sacrificed for our freedom). > (and enjoys ribbing my good friend and co-worker...) > > >> On Jul 3, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Lyle Johnson <kk7p4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Or, some guys just prefer to do it with paper and pencil. I have lots of >> ebooks, but I often prefer to grab a physical, printed-on-paper book and >> curl up on the sofa and read. >> >> Heck, I've even heard some guys are so stuck in the past they actually use >> CW on HF!!!! >> >> 73, >> >> Lyle KK7P (who is enjoying our independence and not forgetting the price >> paid for it) >> >>>> Not singling you out or anything but I've often wondered why you need >>>> separate operator and logger? This seems to be a practice peculiar to FD >>> >>> Yes, this is a practice that goes back to #2 pencil logging and paper dupe >>> sheets. The first FD I was on, probably 1955 (a few months before I was >>> licensed) was done that way. Once computer logging came into existence, >>> there was no good reason for it, but some guys are stuck in the past. >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to jackbrin...@me.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
