[TowerTalk] [CQ-Contest] NAQP CW + Skimmer

[Dennis OConnor]

All CW contests are changed forever by Skimmers...
The only workable rule is to have two categories (like we do with power)

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Decoding of Morse Code Elements transmitted by other stations in the contest and the use of Skimmer like devices.

X Category: Use of electronic device(s) that decodes or extracts the information contained in the Morse Code Elements transmitted by other stations, including the call sign, and presents that decoded information to the operator(s) in any visually readable or spoken form or automatically inserts that decoded information into the electronic log is NOT ALLOWED...  The operator(s) IS required to mentally decode all Morse Code Elements transmitted by other stations.

Y Category:  Use of electronic device(s) that decodes or extracts the information contained in the Morse Code Elements transmitted by other stations, including the call sign, and presents that decoded information to the operator(s) in any visually readable or spoken form or automatically inserts that decoded information into the electronic log IS ALLOWED... The operator(s) is NOT required to mentally decode all Morse Code Elements transmitted by other stations.


Rule X does not preclude impaired persons from using a vibrator device or flashing lights or similar devices to represent the Morse Code elements transmitted by other stations as long as the decoding of those represented signals is done mentally by the operator and not by Skimmer like devices... 
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These rules written by me may be freely used by others...

denny / k8do