On 12/23/2010 7:18 PM, Dennis OConnor wrote:
> All CW contests are changed forever by Skimmers...
> The only workable rule is to have two categories (like we do with power)
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> **** insert into the contest rules ***************************************
> Decoding of Morse Code Elements transmitted by other stations in the contest
> and the use of Skimmer like devices.
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> X Category: Use of electronic device(s) that decodes or extracts the
> information contained in the Morse Code Elements transmitted by other
> stations, including the call sign, and presents that decoded information to
> the operator(s) in any visually readable or spoken form or automatically
> inserts that decoded information into the electronic log is NOT ALLOWED...
> The operator(s) IS required to mentally decode all Morse Code Elements
> transmitted by other stations.
I can still do the decoding, but I defy any one to read it if I have to
write it down. <:-))
> Y Category: Use of electronic device(s) that decodes or extracts the
> information contained in the Morse Code Elements transmitted by other
> stations, including the call sign, and presents that decoded information to
> the operator(s) in any visually readable or spoken form or automatically
> inserts that decoded information into the electronic log IS ALLOWED... The
> operator(s) is NOT required to mentally decode all Morse Code Elements
> transmitted by other stations.
>
What about a category for us poor folk who can no longer write legibly?
I have to put a magazine under the sheet I write on and then carefully
print. <:-))
OTOH I've not entered a contest in years, although I have operated in a
number of them.
73 & and can still type...more or less
Roger (K8RI)
> Rule X does not preclude impaired persons from using a vibrator device or
> flashing lights or similar devices to represent the Morse Code elements
> transmitted by other stations as long as the decoding of those represented
> signals is done mentally by the operator and not by Skimmer like devices...
> *** end of insert ************************************************
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> These rules written by me may be freely used by others...
>
> denny / k8do
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