[Skimmertalk] Archive?

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> The ADA applies to hiring practices and facilities for employers 
> with more than 15 employees, government agencies, and public 
> facilities such as theaters and stadiums.  

ADA applies to all activities conducted on/in public facilities and 
all facilities open to the public.  The amateur spectrum is certainly 
a "public facility."

> It does not apply to ... circumventing the traditional intent of 
> an event ... i.e, in this case, to hear a signal. 

Here is the problem in your argument and others who hold that only 
reception "by ear" qualifies for unassisted.  The "traditional intent" 
is not to HEAR a signal; it is to WORK as many stations as possible 
using the specified transmission method.  Working a station on CW 
does not require using a specific method of detection or decoding.  
Whether the operator decodes CW by sound, light, feel (vibration) 
or software is of no concern of the sponsors/rules - just as it is 
no concern whether the operator has a transceiver with traditional
analog detectors or modern DSP demodulators. 

If you want a contest of copying CW by ear, enter HSCW competitions. 
That is the pure test of copying by ear.      



> -----Original Message-----
> From: skimmertalk-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:skimmertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:14 AM
> To: Joe Subich, W4TV
> Cc: skimmertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Skimmertalk] Archive?
> 
> 
> 
> The ADA applies to hiring practices and facilities for employers with 
> more than 15 employees, government agencies, and public 
> facilities such 
> as theaters and stadiums.  It does not apply to privately sponsored 
> activities, and the principle of reasonable accommodation certainly 
> doesn't apply to circumventing the traditional intent of an event ... 
> i.e, in this case, to hear a signal.  Go to 
> http://www.ada.gov/ and find 
> one single example where the ADA would have any relevance to this 
> discussion whatsoever.
> 
> I'm beginning to think that you keep tossing this outlandish 
> stuff out 
> there just to troll for morons like me to bite at it.
> 
> Dave  AB7E
> 
> 
> 
> Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> > If you want to split hairs, under ADA any US based sponsor could
> > probably not get a way with a category that prohibited CW Decoders 
> > because it denied access to the handicapped and violates the 
> > requirement of "reasonable accommodation."  While that is not 
> > presently an issue, the principle has some validity. 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   
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