[CQ-Contest] Determining ASSISTED vs NON-ASSISTED -- was: =>RE: Chea

[somata90924 at mypacks.net]

all this skimmer, Technological cheating crap should be outlawed, it is NOT in the true spirit of contesting.

my 25 cents

w6vnr, zf2ah

-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe <nss at mwt.net>
>Sent: Sep 26, 2011 6:54 PM
>To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Determining ASSISTED vs NON-ASSISTED -- was: =>RE: Chea
>
>After a hundred direct E-Mails slamming me and my opinion, I apologize.
>
>I forgot all about Skimmers.
>
>it's something that is new to me and I never even thought of it, so the 
>reason for not mentioning it at all.  Hell I have yet to be in a contest 
>where I used a DX cluster or anything like it.  it's me my radio and my 
>antennas thats it here.  for that matter computer logging for me is only 
>two years old.
>
>so I'm an old boatanchor I'm sorry.
>
>Joe WB9SBD
>
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>On 9/26/2011 10:40 AM, Joe wrote:
>> I never understand why this is always soo hard.
>>
>> Assisted,
>> Another person or machine OUTSIDE your station helped you make or find
>> contacts.
>>
>> Machine INSIDE your station is just that station equipment Not assisted.
>>
>> Person INSIDE your station helps you is also not called Assisted,  but
>> it IS called MULTIOP
>>
>> Joe WB9SBD
>>
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>> On 9/26/2011 4:54 AM, Marijan Miletic, S56A wrote:
>>> EI5DI wrote: To this I say that anyone who needs a CW decoder has no
>>> business being in a CW contest - because they don't know CW.
>>>
>>> I don't know Baudot code so I used PC decoder this fabulous CQ WW RTTY
>>> weekend.  I built DH1TW type SDR IF adapter in my FT-1000MP in order to
>>> "see" 20 kHz bandwidth.  I also wrote my own program to decode all RTTY
>>> callsigns within BUT if I use it, I am "assisted".  By whom?
>>>
>>> I feel digitally "restricted" without Extreme class :-(  This is NOT good
>>> for the best scientific hobby of 21st century as advertised by IARU.
>>>
>>> 73 de Mario, S56A, N1YU
>>>
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