[Skimmertalk] Skimmer use places op in Assisted category forCQWW

[Pete Smith]

At 04:10 AM 8/14/2008, Dick Green WC1M wrote:
>...
>                 3.7.2.2. Multioperator and Single Operator Assisted stations
>may use spotting nets.
>
>Without the explicit exception, packet spots wouldn't be legal because they
>come from receivers outside the 500-meter circle. My question was, why
>should a remote Skimmer receiver sending spots to a packet cluster be
>treated differently?

Dick, I see 3.7.2.2 as another one of those anachronisms that plague the 
ARRL contest rules.  I bet that if you trace its history it would go back 
to the era of 2-meter voice spotting nets.  Certainly, it never foresaw the 
Internet, SDRs, etc., or DX clusters for that matter. 3.7.2.2 could be 
deleted today without affecting anything except to clarify the rule..

73, Pete N4ZR