[CQ-Contest] Rule Change Debate on Skimmer

[peter.voelpel]

In my opinion CW IS data mode and machine operating right from the
beginning.
They used a pencil to print dots and dashes on a paper strip and did NOT
decode by ear

73
Peter  

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Paul O'Kane


If you consider CW to be just another data mode, then it's perfectly logical
to use code readers, or Skimmer, or any future technology to decode it.
After all, that's what you would do with any data mode - and there's more of
them every few months.

If you consider CW to be something special, a mode that is intended to be
decoded by ear (the one thing which sets it apart from all "other" data
modes), then that's how you do it - all by yourself.

Otherwise, you're a machine operator, not a CW operator.

The use of code readers, including Skimmer, is incompatible with unassisted
CW entries.