[Skimmertalk] Skimmer use places op in Assisted category forCQWW

[Paul J. Piercey]

CW Skimmer is nothing like the packet cluster. An operator can manually
duplicate anything that the local Skimmer can do but cannot duplicate what
the cluster does. While I agree that getting Skimmer data from a network
should be equated to cluster use, the use of a local Skimmer should not.

It'll be interesting to see how they enforce it. I would venture that this
decision will create far more problems than it was intended to solve.

73 -- Paul VO1HE
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: skimmertalk-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:skimmertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
> Vladimir Sidorov
> Sent: August 11, 2008 18:03
> To: skimmertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Skimmertalk] Skimmer use places op in Assisted 
> category forCQWW
> 
> Scott,
> Thanks for bringing up good news.
> 
> Apparently it turned to be clear for everybody that Skimmer 
> is perhaps even more "QSO alerting assistance" than the 
> traditional spotting system. The list's activity has slowed 
> down simply because there was virtually nothing to discuss 
> anymore. All the reports of trial use of Skimmer in contests 
> have cleary proved the fact that SO and SO+Skimmer are 
> totally different animals.
> 
> Sanity is there at last, thanks to the CQWW team.
> 
> 73,
> Vladimir VE3IAE
> 
> ---
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> > Though this list appears to be winding down, I thought I 
> would point 
> > out for the record that this text now appears in CQWW rules:
> >
> > A. Single Operator categories: For
> > all single operator categories, only one person (the operator) can 
> > contribute to the final score during the official contest 
> period. QSO 
> > alerting assistance of any kind (this includes, but is not 
> limited to, 
> > packet, local or remote Skimmer and/or Skimmer-like technology,
> > Internet) places the entrant
> > in the Single Operator Assisted category.
> >
> > -- Scott (NE1RD)
> >
> > B. Scott Andersen           | "Magic is real, unless 
> declared integer."
> > bsandersen -atsign- mac.com | -- The collected sayings of 
> Wiz Zumwalt
> > Acton, MA (NE1RD)           | http://www.bsandersen.com
> >
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