[CQ-Contest] Get out of jail free card

[Zack Widup]

For one thing, there are a lot of busted calls on packet spots.  I'll bet 
there are people who QSY to the spot frequency, work the station, log it 
as it's spotted and go off to another one.  So a lot of people, cheaters 
or not, are going to end up with the same busted call in their logs right 
around the time of the packet spot.

I imagine Skimmer will bust calls, too, but not in the same way as the 
packet spotters. They will be uniquely busted calls.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Barry wrote:

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