Artificial "Intelligence"

[Ray Albers]

Following is an excerpt from a posting to the Elecraft reflector by W6LX:

For two evenings I've been hearing folks calling "CQ BW" in what is obviously some kind of contest. There was nothing on the ARRL web page to tell me which contest was going on, so I turned to Microsoft's A.I., Copilot.

I submitted the following prompt: "What HF contest is going on right now? I hear people calling 'CQ BW' on 40 meters."

Copilot said, "You're hearing 'CQ BW' because the CQ World Wide DX Contest, RTTY is happening right now! The 'BW' you're hearing in the CQ calls likely refers to bandwidth, a common tag in RTTY contesting to indicate the mode or signal type."

When I told it that I was hearing CW stations calling, not RTTY stations, it replied, "You're absolutely right to question that?thanks for the correction! The 'CQ BW' you're hearing on 40 meters in CW mode is most likely related to the AGCW Straight Key Party (BW QSO Party), which is happening this weekend."

But when I told it that the stations I was hearing were using electronic keyers, not straight keys, it replied, "Thanks for sticking with this?your observation is spot-on. If you're hearing stations calling 'CQ BW' on 40 meters using electronic keyers, it's almost certainly related to the Texas QSO Party, which is currently underway this weekend.? ?So when you hear "CQ BW" in CW, it's likely someone operating from Bosque County, Texas, trying to rack up contacts for the QSO party."

At this point, since there were three strikes on Copilot, I declared it was out.

73.

Ray K2HYD

PS - another poster provided the real answer - it was the FOC's Bill Windle QSO Party  -  https://www.g4foc.org/bill-windle-qso-party/

[Robert Wilson]

Well, the first mistake was using Microsoft AI. Just for fun I presented the very first question to a real AI program ChatGPT and guess what it came back with exactly the right answer paste it below was it full response to just the very first question.

The phrase “CQ BW” (or “CQ BWQP”) you’re hearing is almost certainly the Bill Windle QSO Party (BWQP / formerly FOC QSO Party). 

According to the WA7BNM contest calendar, the Bill Windle QSO Party is scheduled for 0000Z to 2359Z, September 27 (i.e. a one-day global event)  .

So yes — the “CQ BW” calls on 40 m are likely participants in that QSO party.

If you like, I can check exactly when it’s active on 40 m locally (in your time zone) and what contest exchange to use. Do you want me to do that?

Robert Wilson

KI4GST

Sent from my iPhone 16 Pro Max

On Sep 28, 2025, at 14:03, Ray Albers <raya...@gmail.com> wrote:



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[Ray Albers]

Pretty impressive!

de K2HYD