[OKDXA] CW Skimmer

[John AA5JG]

Thanks for the link Tim. As I thought you need a special receiver for it-it will only decode a 3khz or so bandwidth with a normal radio.

73s John AA5JG


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Tim Duffy K3LR" <K3LR at k3lr.com>
Reply-To: <k3lr at k3lr.com>
Date:  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:51:55 -0500

>The CW Skimmer is a real time, broad band, receiving system using software
>defined radio (SDR) technology
>
>Check out:
>http://www.dxatlas.com/CwSkimmer/
>
>73!
>Tim K3LR
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>On Behalf Of John AA5JG
>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:49 AM
>To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [OKDXA] CW Skimmer
>
>Based on yesterday's postings about the contesting advisory committee's
>decisions, I have a couple of questions about CW skimmer.  I have seen it
>talked about alot, but never really checked into it-nor will I.  
>
>I am guessing that you set it up to tuner over a band segment, say from
>14.000 to 14.075, and it will tune the rig up and down looking for signals,
>correct?
>
>Now, given that CW takes a little while to copy a whole callsign, doesn't
>this take a long time?  I could see it taking a couple of minutes at
>least-that doesn't seem very efficient to do in a contest unless you are
>doing SO2R and using skimmer on the multiplier radio to spot new stations.
>
>Am I all correct in my thinking?
>
>73s John AA5JG 
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