[TowerTalk] [CQ-Contest] WW Committee feared that some of the non-assisted hotshots w...

[Steve Dyer]

Good question. Sorry, I just saw CQ-Contest in the Subject line.
W1SRD
> I am not sure how this got on Towertalk but  the discussion started on 
> CQ-Contest and should probably continue there as this discussion has 
> nothing to do with towers or antennas.
>
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> On 10/24/2013 2:14 PM, Steve Dyer wrote:
>> Because you run your *own* skimmer using your *own* antennas. You can 
>> completely disconnect the internet and it still works!
>> 73,
>> Steve
>> W1SRD
>>>
>>> ... and just *how* is a copy of CW skimmer running on a computer
>>> connected to a receiver in an operator's own shack, not connected
>>> to the outside world 'using a second person for assistance'?
>>>
>>> Once you include "computer" in the shack any software running on
>>> that computer - as long as it has on connection to any computer
>>> outside the "station" - is an "enhancement for a single op to
>>> use".
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>>    ... Joe, W4TV
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/24/2013 2:11 PM, Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:
>>>> Keyers, paddles, voice recorders, computer logging are 
>>>> enhancements  for a
>>>> single op to use.  The others are using a second person for 
>>>> assistance.
>>>> That's the difference.
>>>>
>>>> Bill K4XS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 10/24/2013 6:09:15 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
>>>> w0mu at w0mu.com writes:
>>>>
>>>> What was  the exact time where it was just a operator and a radio?  
>>>> 1940,
>>>> 1950,  1960?  Was that before keyers, paddles, voice recorders, 
>>>> computer
>>>> logging, 2m spotting nets, telephones to call and make scheds, the 
>>>> mail
>>>> system?
>>>>
>>>> I have to wonder if the proponents for backwardness also drive Model A
>>>> and Model T cars, use wood stoves and have no indoor plumbing.
>>>>
>>>> The hobby is constantly changing and evolving and we continue to 
>>>> create
>>>> new technologies.  We don't shun advances in our daily lives we should
>>>> we do so in Ham Radio?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike W0MU
>>>>
>>>> On  10/23/2013 3:02 PM, Joe wrote:
>>>>> Exactly. Like it was in Classic days before spotting systems came 
>>>>> to be.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe WB9SBD
>>>>>   Sig
>>>>> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
>>>>> Idle Tyme
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>>>>> http://www.idle-tyme.com
>>>>> On 10/23/2013 10:25 AM,  Radio K0HB wrote:
>>>>>> My understanding is that the "Classic" overlay  was intended as 
>>>>>> "a Boy
>>>>>> and his Radio" class.  Why would you  want to screw with that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73, de Hans,  K0HB
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Pete Smith  N4ZR
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would just add one point.  I've been told  that the 1 radio no 
>>>>>> spotting
>>>>>> caveats were added because some folks  on the CQ Committee were 
>>>>>> concerned
>>>>>> that non-assisted hot-shots  would drop down to the 24-hour overlay
>>>>>> unless these things were  outlawed.  I frankly doubt this, 
>>>>>> particularly
>>>>>> with respect to  the assisted/non-assisted angle. However, 
>>>>>> instead of
>>>>>> sitting  on the sidelines, it is important that supporters of the 
>>>>>> 24-hour
>>>>>>   category enter it this year, so that we can credibly make the  
>>>>>> argument
>>>>>> for loosening that restriction next  time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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