[CQ-Contest] Rule Change Debate on Skimmer

[Pete Smith]

At 03:03 PM 4/28/2008, Stan Stockton wrote:
>... It seems unreasonable to me to say that we need to allow an innovation 
>(leading to automated QSO machines which will replace good operators and 
>diminish the sport) because we cannot detect whether they are cheating.

Stan, what I meant - however badly I said it - is that so long as the 
technology is fun, and people want to use it,why not let them, particularly 
given that you can't police a total ban?

Banning Skimmer from all contests won't materially retard technological 
progress.  Another tenfold or so increase in desktop PC power may put what 
you describe within reach, but when it does, what's so bad about setting up 
an Unlimited class, and letting people measure their robots against the 
best humans?

73, Pete N4ZR