[Elecraft] For you Anti-Scopes

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> Not to me it isn't. Skimmer allows you to do something you 
> couldn't do yourself which is to listen simultaneously on 
> other frequencies to detect needed points and multipliers.

No, top operators have operated SOnR for years to detect 
needed points/multipliers.  Skimmer technology simply 
automates that in the same way that logging software with 
dupe checking/SCP/history files/etc. automated that part 
of the equation. 

> I thought it had been ruled already that use of Skimmer 
> counts as assistance? Perhaps that was just for the CQ 
> contests. 

That decision was forced on certain sponsors by some of 
the elite operators who did not want "mortals" to erode 
their SOnR advantages.  The decision is WRONG and goes 
counter to all previous decisions concerning technological 
advances. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 


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> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Julian, G4ILO
> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:24 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] For you Anti-Scopes
> 
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> 
> 
> Joe Subich, W4TV-4 wrote:
> > 
> > To call skimmer "assisted" is a farce.  It completely twists the
> > definition of assisted which used to mean - assistance by another 
> > person in making a QSO - and ignores more than 40 years in which 
> > technology has replaced things often done by a "second operator."  
> > 
> > 
> Not to me it isn't. Skimmer allows you to do something you 
> couldn't do yourself which is to listen simultaneously on 
> other frequencies to detect needed points and multipliers.
> 
> Other aids that have mentioned such as memory keyers or even 
> computer decoding of the station you are working are not 
> assistance because they don't allow you to do anything you 
> couldn't do yourself, they are simply labour-saving devices 
> that have no effect on the overall score of the competitor.
> 
> I thought it had been ruled already that use of Skimmer 
> counts as assistance? Perhaps that was just for the CQ contests.
> 
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