[CQ-Contest] Get out of jail free card

[Scott Robbins]

>Sure, fantastic software indeed, and you are demonstrating what it is 
>capable of. Perhaps the most profound implication is that it can render 
>the use of DX clusters irrelevant, and therefore - at a stroke- deprive 
>the cheats of their ( currently enjoyed) edge.

I think you have it backwards.  The Skimmer will allow those who use packet
while claiming unassisted to fade into the background.  Because the Skimmer
will display decoded calls and all I have to do as an unassisted operator is
click on them to work them, I can work them a helluva lot faster than actually
having to go find them myself.  Which is exactly the same as clicking packet
spots.  It will be VERY difficult to determine who is cheating w/packet and who
is not.

Phone contests may be the new true test of operator skill in the future. 

Scott W4PA



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