[CQ-Contest] Skimmer

[Jim Smith]

Hmm..  This may bring more young people into CW contesting if we 
demonstrate it to them.

73, Jim  VE7FO

Bill Tippett wrote:
> 
>          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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