[Skimmertalk] Skimmer use places op in Assisted category forCQWW

[Stan Stockton]

Dick,

Is this what you are referring to?

 3.7.2.2. Multioperator and Single Operator Assisted stations may use 
spotting nets.

>N4ZR wrote:

>Addition of local Skimmer capability in classes above >basic single-op 
>does no harm.

I agree with you Pete.  Not sure why you keep talking about local 
Skimmer.  I relented on that subject a while back and local Skimmer is 
not the subject we have been discussing.

Dick/Pete,

Let me ask you a direct question.  Please answer to the best of your 
ability as you interpret the CQ and ARRL rules and tell me where in the 
rules it is illegal if you think it is illegal.

Is it OK for someone in Europe set up an SDR hooked to Skimmer, write a 
program for it to find me when I call CQ and automatically QSY another 
normal receiver to my run frequency where that receiver, also connected 
to Skimmer or another code reader will feed through a private or public 
telnet connection, the callsigns it copies on my frequency?  Or, if it 
makes a difference in the answer, it is OK that someone manually tunes a 
receiver to my run frequency, hook it to a code reader so they don't 
have to type in everyone who is calling and automatically spot everyone 
who calls on my frequency?

If the answer is that it is legal, we have a serious problem.  If the 
answer is that it would not be legal, please tell me what rules prohibit 
me from taking advantage of what I just described.

Thanks...Stan, K5GO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m at msn.com>
To: "'Stan Stockton'" <k5go at cox.net>; "'Pete Smith'" 
<n4zr at contesting.com>
Cc: <skimmertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: RE: [Skimmertalk] Skimmer use places op in Assisted category 
forCQWW


>> The thing that has changed is that previous to now a remote receiver
>> was not allowed at all.
>
> Not in ARRL contests. There's a specific remote receiver exemption for
> spotting nets in ARRL general rule 3.7. An individual using  a remote
> receiver can feed spots to a packet cluster, which can then by used by
> stations in the Assisted and Multiop categories. A copy of Skimmer can 
> be
> setup to feed spots into a packet cluster.
>
> I'm not expressing an opinion one way or another, but would like to 
> hear why
> this use of a remote receiver should be treated differently than when 
> the
> remote receiver is used for traditional packet spotting?
>
> 73, Dick WC1M
>
>