If the information displayed to the operator simply indicates that "there is
a signal spotted at 14.005MHz" without any filtering for identification,
dupe, new mult, etc., then it is no more informative than a band scope, and
it should NOT constitute "assistance" in the commonly accepted sense.
73, de Hans, K0HB
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From: "David Gilbert" <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 8:52 AM
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Blind Mode for N1MM Bandmap
>
> For assisted operating categories, N1MM can receive telnetted spots from
> DX clusters and CW Skimmer networks and display the callsigns at the
> proper frequency on the N1MM bandmaps. It is then possible for the user
> to QSY to those spots via point/click with the mouse or via CTRL-UP/DOWN
> ARROW, which is a very useful feature when you want to step through
> identified stations to quickly look for multipliers or new contacts.
>
> CW Skimmer has a Blind Mode option where signals are displayed and
> circles are placed in the CW Skimmer bandmap at the frequency where it
> thinks there may be a station, but no text or callsigns are displayed.
> In that mode, CW Skimmer is generally considered legal for unassisted
> operations since it performs no differently than any panadapter. In
> Blind Mode, however, CW Skimmer will not telnet any information at all
> to N1MM (I've tried and VE3NEA confirms that it won't)).
>
> If N1MM had a menu option to substitute telnetted callsigns (either from
> CW Skimmer or from the various clusters) with simply an asterisk placed
> at the proper frequency on the N1MM bandmap, would that conceivably be
> legal for unassisted operation? Presumably the bandmap could still
> display the actual callsigns of those stations you work or Store from
> the main entry window ... only the telnetted callsigns would be replaced
> by the asterisk. N1MM could even keep track of the callsigns internally
> to avoid duplicate spots ... it just wouldn't let you know what those
> callsign were.
>
> Obviously only the various contest sponsors could strictly answer this
> question, but I'm curious what the field at large thinks.
>
> 73,
> Dave AB7E
>
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