Wow, quite a flap. Our little RBN group has no desire to be singled out. VE7CC does indeed run a Skimmer-enabled node - IIRC you can set/skimmer there and get both Skimmer and regular DXcluster spots
I think the 'public' requirement is going to open another can of worms. What constitutes 'public'? if a skimmer is available to members of only one club is that 'public'? If it's open to 2 stations?
Regarding Dave's concern about the use of "public", it seems to me that's moot, since Skimmer spots are available only by Telnet and Telnet is by definition "public." All this says is that you can't
This whole thread is both laughable and pathetic. It has nothing to do with amateur radio contesting, and everything to do with hybrid communications contesting - and that's not amateur radio. The co
Dave, What "private" means *in this context* is not subject to debate. It means anything deployed outside the 500m circle for the benefit of one station only. Assuming that whatever you are doing is
So if I set up a skimmer at someone else's station it is by definition 'public' since more than just me knows about it... that's nice. FYI the rules also do not specify 'private' in any way. My point
Too much verbage and junk to process or interpret.....and my attorney is on holiday. Suddenly SOAB UNassisted sounds almost trivial! 73, Mike K9NW _______________________________________________ CQ-C
Dave, I just want you and everyone else to know that the RBN will be up well before the contest starts, and we think it will be much better than ever before. We have just added a dedicated server (th