[VHFcontesting] VHF contesting ethics questions

[Duane - N9DG]

They are *completely* different.

1. One will *only* work if the Internet (or some other community/3rd party network) is present (i.e. spotting networks).

2. The other will work completely fine without the Internet, without 2M FM, without telephone lines, or any "outside of the station" networking whatsoever (CWSkimmer).

And number 2 (CWSkimmer) is the same way that stations to work were discovered 70 years ago (i.e. just an operator and his/her *own* equipment exclusively extracting information about stations to work by "listening" to the band of interest).

Duane
N9DG


--- On Wed, 6/18/08, John AA5JG <aa5jg at lcisp.com> wrote:

> From: John AA5JG <aa5jg at lcisp.com>
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VHF contesting ethics questions
> To: "'Paul Kiesel'" <k7cw at yahoo.com>, "'VHF Contest Reflector'" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>, "Chet, N8RA" <chetsubaccount at snet.net>, "Duane - N9DG" <n9dg at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 2:31 PM

> I guess I am a little dense here, but what is the big
> difference between using the internet to set up a contact
> and using your computer to find signals (CW skimmer)?  Both
> are using something besides you and your equipment to find
> signals.
> 
> 73s John AA5JG
>