You can use CW Skimmer and do all this with my N4PY software, an Orion, and
N8LP's LP-PAN panadapter.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Bell Mountain
Hays, NC 28635
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] CW Skimmer
> You can read a lot about the program doing a Google search, but there's
> nothing like a live demonstration, which I saw from N6TV at our local club
> last week. When implemented with an SDR, CW Skimmer can almost instantly
> scan 100 kHz of spectrum, then decode and display every single audible CW
> station (up to 800 signals!), show each call sign and indicate if it's
> CQing, QRZing, etc. By communicating with your contest software and your
> rig, stations you need are highlighted and potential multipliers are
> clearly
> indicated. Then you just click on the callsign, your radio tunes there,
> and
> you make the QSO! Thus, 'search and pounce' becomes as productive as
> 'running'.
>
> It goes without saying that this is highly controversial, but
> none-the-less,
> it does represent the state of the art in DSP, SDR, digital interfacing
> and
> other high-tech aspects of our hobby that we should be familiar with. I
> can't say at this point if its "fair" to use CW Skimmer in contests, but
> yesterday I ordered a Perseus SDR receiver from Martin Lynch & Sons in
> England since I want to pursue this amazing technology.
>
> Ron N6IE
> www.N6IE.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Speer, Doug" <Doug.Speer@FairbanksMorse.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 6:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 71, Issue 20
>
>
>>
>> In recent post I have seen a couple references to CW Skimmer. I really
>> know very little about CW Skimmer. I am wondering what the use of
>> skimmer does for you in contesting or DXing that a good sub receiver
>> (like the Orion or K3 provides) and a good CW ear doesn't. Not trying
>> to promote or bash skimmer I'm just not up to speed on its utility.
>>
>> Doug, W9PN
>>
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