I love these debates... I remember them for automatic keying equipment,
computer logging, octopuses, SO2R, etc.
It costs a bunch to be competitive these days. SO2R is almost essential.
That's really rough on people who want to do contesting on a reasonable
budget.
I remember talking to a rabid home brewer. Wouldn't touch anything
commercially manufactured. Very haughty about it. I asked him if he was
making resistors out of the clay in his back yard and how hard did he have
to suck to make a vacuum tube...
Time and technology march on. It's never again going to be "what it used to
be". That's why they have straight key night.
So some computer assistance (keying, logging, microcontrollers that define
the radio) are OK, but this one should be prohibited? Hmmmm...
Kinda cool technology, regardless of what you think the rules ought to be...
73 de Dick, K6KR
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Tippett
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 6:35 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Skimmer
This may present an interesting dilemma for contest
sponsors. Skimmer is pure hardware...no external help from other
ops. How could you disallow Skimmer (effectively gleaning spots
like Packet) and yet allow SO2R? Both are purely hardware, so
why allow one and not the other?
Another problem is how to police whether spots are
coming from Skimmer or Packet? I remember competing
against a "single op" on 10m who claimed his Sub-RX
allowed him to have multiplier totals like multi-multis. ;-)
Now he could claim he was using Skimmer, which might be
legal depending on how the sponsors rule on it.
73, Bill W4ZV
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