[CQ-Contest] Petition to Ban Skimmer

[ve4xt at mts.net]

Pete's hit the nail on the head on three counts: it is certainly possible some are overestimating the 
impact of skimmer. It is also true that new technology should not be banned. And it is also true that a 
separate, boy-and-his-radio class (no skimmer, no packet, no trained orangutan (to tune the amp, of 
course!) should remain.

I would hope that the people arguing for a ban would give their heads a shake and realize that the 
ONLY reason amateur radio exists at all is for the furtherance of new technology.

That doesn't mean that new technology should be unleashed into contests unfettered, but it should not 
be banned.

73, kelly
ve4xt

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> Banning the technology from contests will have no useful effect.  By all 
> means, retain a single-op unassisted class without it (like packet), and 
> let the marketplace decide.
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> 73, Pete N4ZR
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