On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Robert Dennison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been in a few sports (like fencing) where automation basically > ruined what was a very interesting activity... Oh, well, you can be sure there will be contesting. It's like, around the world, give a few kids a few square meters of open ground and something to kick, and there *will* be soccer. However, with amateur radio contesting, the prospects especially for technological enhancements are very enticing. For example, with authenticated logging of location (GPS) and instantaneous power, the idea of weighted distance scoring (distance between stations divided by power in watts) is not only practical but leads to a very interesting set of strategic challenges, especially if you can tailor power to optimize score for a given QSO. Now, suppose all the stations had digital subcarriers that sent their own values (coordinates, power) with each transmission. On six meters, say, you have some entertaining decisions to make over what stations to go after, in what order, and at what power, knowing full well that the openings are of very limited duration... Of course the thing that would ensure the survival of amateur contesting into perpetuity would be open wagering, but *that* would never happen, would it? 73 Frank AB2KT -- Travelling by airplane in the US is nothing more than mass training of Americans to the requirements of the coming police state. The whole point is to make you learn to acquiesce without question, en masse, to completely absurd directives by dull functionaries wearing uniforms. -- Digby _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
