[UK-CONTEST] CW Skimmer

[G3SXW]

Chris,
I dislike Skimmer too. But the same was said about DX Cluster and about 
keyboard CW and about the demise of the pencil before that.

Technological advances are surely to be welcomed. Their impact can be 
controlled by contest rules, e.g. Cluster makes you Assisted.

This petition recommends banning CW Skimmer altogether. Daft! Instead let's 
have a category called 'Unlimited' where all modern tools are encouraged. So 
long as the pure Single-Op category is preserved then it will always be by 
far the most popular.
73 de Roger/G3SXW.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Tran GM3WOJ" <zl1ct1 at gm7v.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:11 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] CW Skimmer


> Hello UK-contesters
>
> As you will no doubt be aware, there has been a lot of discussion on the
> cq-contest reflector about the impending use of CW Skimmer in major CW
> contests. My personal opinion is that although this is very innovative and
> clever technology, it could sound the death knell for CW contesting in the
> form that most of us enjoy. Perhaps this is over-stating things, but only
> time will tell ....
>
> Please have a look at the online petition about CW Skimmer - already 
> signed
> by such contesting luminaries as N6TJ (ZD8Z), W8JI, KQ2M, ES5TV, ZC4VJ
> (G3AB) - they obviously feel strongly about this :
> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/skimmer
> Click on 'Signatures' at the top to see who has signed it + their 
> comments.
> If you decide to sign the petition, please use your name followed by your
> callsign(s) in the 'Name' box. (If you sign it, you do not need to go to 
> the
> next step where ipetitions.com tries to get you to make a monetary 
> donation
> to their website)
>
> First petition I've signed in many years !
>
> 73
> Chris
> GM3WOJ/ZL1CT
>
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