[CQ-Contest] Reverse Beacon" Test using CW Skimmer

[Steve London]

José Nunes CT1BOH wrote:
>> N4ZR wrote
>> I have an 20M Softrock Lite listening on ~14000-14090 KHz with a beta CW
>> Skimmer program by VE3NEA that has Telnet capability. (...) If Skimmer
> "hears" you,
>> it will send a DX spot out via Telnet
> Pete
> 
> This is a fantastic idea.
> I thing that I really dislike, is to see a particular station spotted 200
> times during a Contest and another competitor just spotted 100 times. It is
> most unfair, and we all know how important it is to be spotted.
> 
> By doing a reverse beacon fed into the packet system, all stations on the
> band will be spotted.
> Democracy finally arrives into the packet world!

And the really nice thing about a skimmer-based packet system is that it will 
encourage stations to CQ and sign their call much more frequently, otherwise 
skimmer won't find them. Skimmer needs to be able to recognize that a station is 
running (rather than searching-and-pouncing). Take note, Jose.

73,
Steve, N2IC