Let's see if I have this right..... Many people are making the assumption that Skimmer is just another tool for the Single Operator UNASSISTED Category entrant? I have hope there are enough who can s
There is absolutely a clear, bright, absolute difference between information (not "spots") that comes from one's own station and information generated by other operators whether it be from packet, t
I think you're going to have a hard time convincing anyone that a piece of hardware in your shack suddenly makes you assisted. The defacto definition of assistance involves information acquired from
It's not that Skimmer is a piece of hardware in your shack that makes you assisted. Like someone once said, anyone who doens't mine their own silicon, germanium, manganese and copper to make their ow
That's not true. Writelog's CW decoder has been present for years (and works great!), as does other tools such as CwGet, MFJ decoder boxes, etc. Writelog's CW decoder uses 7 different audio "channels
By this logic ** EVERY ** RTTY operator is "assisted" since I doubt there is a single contester who can copy RTTY in his head with even 80% accuracy. The argument that any machine, no matter how com
By this logic ** EVERY ** RTTY operator is "assisted" since testing.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest Unfortunately, there is no logic to that idea: RTTY has never been considered a format that humans
What really baffles me about this whole mountain (I mean molehill) is that it has long been established that the ASSISTED category might better be called the DISTRACTED category. Why won't the same t
Joe, you and I are on different philosophical wavelengths on this and remote operations. I contend the capability to pick out (basically) all the signals on a band with a wide IF and software and the
Just as I contend that allowing remote operation via commercial means will surely kill the hobby. The difference is that Skimmer technology will change the hobby and we can adapt to that change. rep
And I contend that experimentation, innovation, and just plain pushing the envelope is a necessary part of this hobby. And if you grumpy old men try to stifle use of modern technology by the youngst
I think most of us "grumpy old men" (is Sophia Loren around here somewhere?) would agree with that. Is the "unlimited" category a stifling place? 73, de Hans, K0HB/W7 "Just a boy and his radios" ___
GO DAVE!!! While we are at it, let's add a new category called M/C (Multi-Continent). Then I can put a contest station on every continent and operate all of them at the same time from my home in Kent
This whole argument reminds me of the movie Grumpy Old Men! If you want to operate your station remotely, then do it, declare it and have fun. If you want a program to skim the band for contacts, the
I think I hear the new contest category now... Single Op skimmer Otherwise known as... S O S... W1MD I think most of us "grumpy old men" (is Sophia Loren around here somewhere?) would agree with that
Can't argue with that. I certainly qualify as a grumpy old man - but I'm not going away. I love technology - how did we exist before computers and the internet? At the same time, it's perfectly clear
I have a different perspective. I'm CW contester to the core. Although a little pistol, there are few things I enjoy more than a CW contest. Last night, as I played in the BARTG RTTY contest, I reali
EI5DI: And occasionally think of how you have debased amateur radio - then put aside those idle thoughts and relax while the log fills up all by itself :-) The comm world has moved from radio to blac
I beg your pardon Sir. I am a radio amateur, licensed without lapse since 1976, 2004 radio amateur of the year, and the founder of the Young Ham Contest Program. I'll be darned if I will stand by wh
Paul, Your statement is not only reactionary, but wholly incorrect. Any amateur radio communications between two or more individuals is already using a signal path that "other than" RF, unless of co