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@lcisp.com> wrote:
> From: John AA5JG <aa5jg@lcisp.com>
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VHF contesting ethics questions
> To: "'Paul Kiesel'" <k7cw@yahoo.com>, "'VHF Contest Reflector'"
> <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>, "Chet, N8RA" <chetsubaccount@snet.net>,
> "Duane - N9DG" <n9dg@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
>
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