[CQ-Contest] Rule Change Debate on Skimmer
Stan Stockton
k5go at cox.net
Fri Apr 25 15:53:32 EDT 2008
Rudy N2WQ Wrote:
> As long as it is not robots making
> the QSO and station
> transmitter/receiver are not scattered
> across the globe, let the humans use
> as much technology as they can.
Now we have something to talk about....
How do you propose eliminating that
next, rather easy step up from Skimmer -
Robotic Automated QSO machines?
It is refreshing to find that seemingly
someone who is questioning whether there
should be a category to differentiate
between someone who is working the
contest with his own skills versus using
a computer to tell him what stations are
active, what frequency they are
operating on, what they are sending,
etc. would perhaps want to draw a line
in the sand before the whole thing is
turned into a computer game...
I assumed everyone who wanted to allow
Skimmer in the unassisted category or
wanted to diminish the whole sport by
eliminating the number one category of
entry would also welcome the next
logical step which would be to replace
the operator with machines to
automatically make the QSOs and log them
for you.
Stan, K5GO
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