If that is the intent, the contest is ruined.
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Aldewey@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 11:36 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NAQP CW + Skimmer
The intent of the current rule is that multi-channel band
decoders , such
as CW Skimmer, are allowed as long as they do NOT connect to any
external
source. For example, you are not allowed to connect to a TELNET
address the
publishes spots from Remote Skimmers.
However, if the multi-channel band decoder is totally contained
within the
station, it is allowed.
If someone can suggest a way to state that more simply, in one to
two
sentences without a lot of legalize, please respond off the
reflector.
73,
Al, K0AD
In a message dated 12/23/2010 11:58:19 A.M. Central Standard
Time,
K1TTT@ARRL.NET writes:
> Although NCJ does not have an official "Contest Committee",
> issues
related
> to the NCJ contests are discussed among all the NCJ contest
> managers.
> Often, input is solicited from others also. Final decisions
> rest with the
> Contest Manager for each of the 6 contests we sponsor. For
> the Sprints,
> it was
> obvious that the allowing the use of multi-channel band
> decoders made no
> sense because of the QSY rule. It really came down to being
> an issue for
> the CW NAQP. We decided to allow it in the Single Operator
> Class as
long
> as
> there was no connection via the internet or any other outside
> source.
In
> 2009, the NAQP rule was changed to state:
So you DO intend to allow wide band decoding and generating of
spotting
information by CW Skimmer and Skimmer Server??
"Access to spotting information obtained directly or indirectly
from any
source other than the station operator, such as from other
stations or
automated tools, is prohibited,"
since CW Skimmer in its wideband decoding mode automatically
generates
'spotting information' I would consider this first statement to
exclude
that
use of the CW Skimmer or Skimmer Server software.
"except as follows: Technological methods of copying information
in the
contest exchange (e.g. CW Skimmer, code readers, etc.) are
permitted as
long
as all components are entirely contained within the station."
Since this qualifies use of technology as being for 'copying
information in
the contest exchange' I consider this, in the CW Skimmer usage,
to be the
narrow band audio only decoding of a single qso at a time. This
is
reinforced by lumping it in with 'code readers' which in general
do not
generate spotting information and only allow copying a single
audio stream
at a time.
Perhaps the lack of complaint was because participants took the
more
conservative reading and assumed that NO sources of spotting
information
were allowed, which included the wide band decoding and spotting
modes of
the CW Skimmer.
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
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