From: "Mike Dennison" <mike.dennison@rsgb.org.uk>
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Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:15:25 +0100
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Subject: Re: LF: BPSK and other modes
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> Lastly, and with reference to recent comments on the reflector, perhaps a
> more correct term than "machine modes" would be "machine-assisted modes"!
> Regards
> Kevin, G1HDQ

At the risk of winding everyone up, what is "machine assisted"? 
What is the difference between DSP for audio reception and DSP 
for screen reception? Or is the analogue filter a machine, or the 
receiver itself?

In trying to formulate the rules for the Peter Bobeck Award, we 
agonised over this sort of thing, and concluded that if you are going 
to make any distinction at all, it should be related to the time taken 
to conclude the QSO (the bit rate in data terms). If it takes an hour 
to exchange reports and calls, this is arguably a different level of 
achievement to taking a few minutes, no matter whether you repeat 
CW or SSB over and over (and who hasn't done that from time to 
time?) or have very long dots, or a clever redundancy arrangement.


Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT)
http://www.dennison.demon.co.uk/activity.htm