[SCCC] Dow Key 110vac coaxial relay w/ UHF , connectors? (Which morphed into Skimmer)

[Jim Neiger]

oops.  What I had intended as a tongue-in-cheek comment sure brought-out 
some serious skimmers.  Sorry fellows, I  did not intend to raise your ire, 
defense, or wrath.  Sorry sorry sorry.

I will close simply with this:

to K6XtraTerrific:  a skimmer is simply not DXing and does not demonstrate 
the skills I know you to have................

to N6NC: as much as thou skimmer-ites think the battle is "ancient and won", 
maybe/maybe not.  At least it hasn't dragged itself into SSB contesting, and 
different crutches will have to be deployed, I guess.......

and to K6LL:  My generation of  SS'ers, and friends and idols, all,  W4KFC, 
W9IOP, KH6IJ, would roll over in their graves if they knew the so-called 
UNLIMITED category was somehow being proffered as the Sweepstakes .

73, and with no malice intended.

WH7V  next weekend WWSSB

9Y4W  next month WWCW (will be doing my best to avoid being skimmerized)

and I'm IDing my calls above in case you have trouble 
copying................


Jim N6TJ



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From: "Art K6XT" <k6xt at arrl.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:31 PM
To: <sccc at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [SCCC] Dow Key 110vac coaxial relay w/ UHF , connectors? (Which 
morphed into Skimmer)

> Not to mention its utility for general purpose DXing. Better than a
> packet spot in that it turns unknown quantities into knowns. If my
> skimmer with its admittedly crummy antenna can hear a DX, the theory is
> so will I. With W3OA's adjunct "SkimScan" program my skimmer can skim
> the cream on several bands in a few minutes, spotting to my logger all
> the juicy stuff my station can hear. Works tirelessly in the background.
> Etc etc.
>
> Awright back into my little cubbyhole.
> 73 Art
> Allison, Colorado
> Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place,
> so it doesn't take much to set us off !
>
> On 2010-10-21 13:00, sccc-request at contesting.com wrote:
> Besides its usefulness to lots of contesters in unlimited categories
> during contests, it is a very useful propagation tool in the days before
> a contest, and an excellent archive tool after the contest to audit what
> MULTs and Qs were available and missed due to operating skills, flukey
> propagation, antenna selection, etc.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Larry N6NC
>
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