[UK-CONTEST] CW Technology Debate (CW Skimmer)

[Dave Lawley]

Visit  http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest  for 
several postings refuting the fallacy that to reject Skimmer is to 
reject all technology.

Look at F1 racing - plenty of leading-edge technology there, but for 
example active suspension and ground effect aerodynamics are banned. 
Surely it is we, the participants in the sport, who should seek to find 
a concensus on which technologies are, or are not, appropriate 
esepecially when there are many who want to apply them to *all* categories.

No callsign? No problem with that, though it's pretty easy to obtain one 
now if you want to. On the other hand if you don't want to get a licence 
that's fine, but there aren't many SWL contests any more!

Dave G4BUO


David Barber wrote:
> Just interested.
> 
> Do you all restrict yourselves to the use of straight keys?
> 
> Making no use of technology aids such as memory keying, electronic keyers,
> etc.
> 
> The technology has its place but how you police its use within the context
> you have all been discussing is, I believe, unanswerable.
> 
> David
> 
> PS.
> 
> Before everyone throws abuse for not including a call sign, I don't have
> one!