[CQ-Contest] Get out of jail free card

[Barry]

Scott Robbins wrote:
>> 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.
>
>   
If skimmer is designated as assistance by the contest sponsors, I don't 
believe it will be hard to find the cheaters.  The data produced by 
CT1BOH et al shows very different operating characteristics between SO 
and SOA.


> Phone contests may be the new true test of operator skill in the future. 
>
> Scott W4PA
>
>
>   
Phone contest and operator skill will never belong in the same sentence :.)
Barry W2UP


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Barry Kutner, W2UP             Newtown, PA