Scott Robbins wrote:
>> Sure, fantastic software indeed, and you are demonstrating what it is
>> capable of. Perhaps the most profound implication is that it can render
>> the use of DX clusters irrelevant, and therefore - at a stroke- deprive
>> the cheats of their ( currently enjoyed) edge.
>>
>
> I think you have it backwards. The Skimmer will allow those who use packet
> while claiming unassisted to fade into the background. Because the Skimmer
> will display decoded calls and all I have to do as an unassisted operator is
> click on them to work them, I can work them a helluva lot faster than actually
> having to go find them myself. Which is exactly the same as clicking packet
> spots. It will be VERY difficult to determine who is cheating w/packet and
> who
> is not.
>
>
If skimmer is designated as assistance by the contest sponsors, I don't
believe it will be hard to find the cheaters. The data produced by
CT1BOH et al shows very different operating characteristics between SO
and SOA.
> Phone contests may be the new true test of operator skill in the future.
>
> Scott W4PA
>
>
>
Phone contest and operator skill will never belong in the same sentence :.)
Barry W2UP
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Barry Kutner, W2UP Newtown, PA
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