Thats a great use Herb .. FWIW - I am not a contester or an awards collector but I am a serious dx'er. Technology concerns aside for how the various new things can be abused, I really think the single issue affecting ham radio is poor behaviors. Whether senseless pileup calling, illegal power, QSO hogging and seemingly aggressive, unethical contesting techniques it's like gun control - it's not the guns - its the users..
Sent from my iPad On Feb 11, 2011, at 15:51, Herb Schoenbohm <he...@vitelcom.net> wrote: > > > On 2/11/2011 12:09 PM, W2PM wrote: >> Why not just use SKYPE? Could have a packaged service which includes band >> noise, QRM, etc. Like Dr DX but via SKYPE. QST can do a full tech review. >> For once it may be meaningful too. >> > > Well in fact I do........use Skype.... but in a very different way that > is intended to be helpful and not during contests. Here is what I do: > > I have my RX and NE Beverage on 1821.5 with Skype in Auto Answer. > Anyone who calls my Skype gets the RX audio, to test, if they wish, how > their signal is being heard here during various propagation conditions. > This is a single frequency, single user, courtesy basically to test > propagation for the other end to switch TX antennas. It provides no > direct help in "enabling" a contact. At times when I have put it into a > wider mode on the QSX frequency of a Dx-pedition to give an idea of the > magnitude of callers across 1.5 Khz. The latency of a few seconds is > enough to discourage any misuse. It may have had some value, during the > PJ entity explosion as propagation here is the same as most of the > nearby PJ5,6, and 7. > > If you can hear yourself in the pileup across 1.5 khz of audio you > deserve a medal anyway. If there is a problem with this, I would like to > know. Please let us not make the technology good the victim of the bad. > > Herb, KV4FZ > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK