[CQ-Contest] NAQP CW + Skimmer

[Joe]

Simple,  the receiver that is hearing the signal must be at the 
station.  if it is listening via an antenna that is at the station  then 
it's not legal.

Joe WB9SBD

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On 12/23/2010 12:36 PM, Aldewey at aol.com wrote:
> The intent of the current rule is that multi-channel band decoders , such
> as CW Skimmer, are allowed as long as they do NOT connect to any external
> source.  For example, you are not allowed to connect to a TELNET address  the
> publishes spots from Remote Skimmers.
>
> However, if the multi-channel band decoder is totally contained within the
> station, it is allowed.
>
> If someone can suggest a way to state that more simply, in one to two
> sentences without a lot of legalize, please respond off the reflector.
>
> 73,
>
> Al, K0AD
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/23/2010 11:58:19 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> K1TTT at ARRL.NET writes:
>
>>   Although NCJ does not have an official "Contest Committee", issues
> related
>> to the NCJ contests are discussed among all the NCJ contest  managers.
>> Often, input is solicited from others also. Final decisions  rest with the
>> Contest Manager for each of the 6 contests we  sponsor.  For the Sprints,
>> it  was
>> obvious that the  allowing the use of multi-channel band decoders made no
>> sense because  of the QSY rule.  It really came down to being an issue for
>> the  CW NAQP.  We decided to allow it in the Single Operator Class as
> long
>> as
>> there was no connection via the internet or any other  outside source.
> In
>> 2009, the NAQP rule was changed to  state:
> So you DO intend to allow wide band decoding and generating of  spotting
> information by CW Skimmer and Skimmer Server??
>
> "Access to spotting information obtained directly or indirectly from  any
> source other than the station operator, such as from other stations  or
> automated tools, is prohibited,"
>
> since CW Skimmer in its wideband  decoding mode automatically generates
> 'spotting information' I would  consider this first statement to exclude
> that
> use of the CW Skimmer or  Skimmer Server software.
>
> "except as follows: Technological methods of  copying information in the
> contest exchange (e.g. CW Skimmer, code readers,  etc.) are permitted as
> long
> as all components are entirely contained within  the station."
>
> Since this qualifies use of technology as being for  'copying information in
> the contest exchange' I consider this, in the CW  Skimmer usage, to be the
> narrow band audio only decoding of a single qso at  a time.  This is
> reinforced by lumping it in with 'code readers' which  in general do not
> generate spotting information and only allow copying a  single audio stream
> at a time.
>
> Perhaps the lack of complaint was  because participants took the more
> conservative reading and assumed that NO  sources of spotting information
> were allowed, which included the wide band  decoding and spotting modes of
> the CW Skimmer.
>
> David Robbins  K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
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> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or  telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>
>
>
>
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