Different categories have been created in the past in response to technological
changes.
The idea was that the new technology would have a significant impact on scores.
In an attempt
to be fair, new categories were created based on power, number of operators,
etc.
The same was true for the "assisted" class of entry. Nobody cared how many
people were
involved; the crux of the matter is what affect it would have on someone's
score. Theoretically
an assisted operator should score higher than "a boy and his radio". Again let
me repeat...the
driving force was the efect the technology would have on a score.
So let me ask you....if I have a band map that is being populated by Packet or
if I have the
same band map and it's being populated by Skimmer, wouldn't the affect on my
score be similarly impacted?
I don't see much difference.
Therefore I fall into the camp suggesting that use of Skimmer puts one into the
assisted category.
73 Steve K0SR
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