From: Bill Frantz [via Elecraft] [mailto:ml-node+s365791n7622198...@n2.nabble.com] Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 3:27 PM To: Peter W2IRT Subject: Re: Skimmer and the K3S
OK. Building an AI that would either complete a DX contact or compete in a contest would be a neat hack, and probably achievable. But, would running it be any fun? [pjd] Depends on your definition of fun. I'd love to try it, personally. Could you be proud of the certificates hanging on your wall that you gathered using this kind of AI? [pjd] I can't speak for you or anybody else, but if I assembled and maintained such a station, absolutely. The question I ask whenever a discussion of this nature crops up: where do you stop the technology clock? Y2K? 1975? 1958? WW2? Marconi-era? If we're to advance the radio art and the available pool of qualified technical people what better way than to push the tech boundaries and compete against one another to test its reliability and our skills? No, it's not the same as sitting with a paddle and a paper log and a dupe sheet but is that latter skill advancing the radio art? Fun as hell, you betcha, but is it advancing the art? Insofar as I'm personally concerned, I want a radio that has the best receiver and filtering money can buy, the ability to receive on multiple bands simultaneously, see a graphic representation of not just every signal on the band but their calls as well, full integration to my logging software and rotator, the ability to easily send any mode natively (CW, SSB+voice keying, RTTY, JT-65/JT-9 and anything else for that matter) and a way to one-click tune, call and log. To be able to do this with only a couple of cables and not a rat's nest of wiring is a huge bonus, as is SO2R in one box. - pjd --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | If you want total security, go to prison. There you're 408-356-8506 | fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only www.pwpconsult.com | thing lacking is freedom. - Dwight D. Eisenhower ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] _____ If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Skimmer-and-the-K3S-tp7622100p7622198.h tml To unsubscribe from Skimmer and the K3S, click here <http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubsc ribe_by_code&node=7622100&code=bGlzdHNAdzJpcnQubmV0fDc2MjIxMDB8MTcxNzc2NDg3M g==> . <http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_v iewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.Basi cNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template .NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_ emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> NAML ----- Lovin' my K3S (S/N 10023) 73, Peter W2IRT -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Skimmer-and-the-K3S-tp7622100p7622210.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 arch...@mail-archive.com
