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

[Jim Neiger]

Indeed.  Let's have some "pure" fun, Larry.   J-38 keys, paper and pencil, 
48-straight.  Let me know when you're ready.  How about ARRL DX in Feb. ?? 
A nice friendly One Dollar wager?

Jim

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From: "H Lawrence Serra" <hlserra at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:21 PM
To: <sccc at contesting.com>; "Jim Neiger" <n6tj at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [SCCC] Dow Key 110vac coaxial relay w/ UHF ,connectors? (Which 
morphed into Skimmer)

> Jim-
>
> All good natured fun, but be sure to leave your computer and computer 
> logging program, electronic keying and such home to maintain the purity 
> you seek.
>
> GL in the 'tests. My contest robot will try to work you while I am at the 
> beach.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Larry N6NC
>
> --- On Thu, 10/21/10, Jim Neiger <n6tj at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> From: Jim Neiger <n6tj at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [SCCC] Dow Key 110vac coaxial relay w/ UHF , connectors? 
> (Which morphed into Skimmer)
> To: sccc at contesting.com
> Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 8:59 PM
>
> 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
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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