> "The use of DX alerting assistance of any kind places the
> station in the Single Operator Assisted category."
>
> It doesn't say "The use of DX packet cluster, the use of
> Telnet on the Internet, the use of 2M FM repeaters..." or
> anything else.
I don't know how one can consider CW Skimmer, as long as it
is running on hardware in the operator's own shack, to be "DX
alerting assistance" instead of simply a technological way to
operate an infinite number of simultaneous receivers. The
ability to copy CW by machine (WriteLog, CW Get, MixW, etc.)
has been around for many years ... unfortunately, CW Skimmer
only further extends, enhances and democratizes that ability.
There are those of us who may not LIKE the technology and
believes that is devalues operator skill but there is nothing
that can be done to outlaw CW Skimmer any more than one can
outlaw CW decoders, memory keyers, mechanical pencils or
digital signal processing.
> A piece of computer software decoding CW signals is not a
> person performing a spotting function. If the callsign is
> decoded by a method other than the human ear, that is not a
> person spotting a callsign, it's a machine. A computer. A
> computer is not a person. The rule says PERSON. Not person
> operating a computer that spots the callsigns for you.
This logic would put any operator who uses CW decoding software
into the assisted (or multi operator) category. The logic is
simply flawed ... every operator "Spots" a station calling CQ
before they work them. Simply put, your logic would require
that we drive cars using reins and verbal commands instead of
a steering wheel and foot pedals.
Technology drives change which drives innovation which drives
technology. The cycle is called progress and there is no
much that anyone can do to stop progress.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Scott Robbins
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:41 AM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Dead horse: CQ WW rules apparently
> prohibit CW Skimmeruse
>
>
> >The "assisted" category always referred to operators receiving
> >information indirectly from other operators via the packet
> cluster or
> >similar networks.
>
> It does not refer to that at all in the CQ WW rules.
>
> The rules say (verbatim):
>
> "The use of DX alerting assistance of any kind places the
> station in the Single Operator Assisted category."
>
> It doesn't say "The use of DX packet cluster, the use of
> Telnet on the Internet, the use of 2M FM repeaters..." or
> anything else.
>
> It says: DX alerting assistance of any kind.
>
> If I have a piece of software that is alerting me and
> pointing my attention to stations on the bands that I have
> not worked, that I have not found, that I have not copied the
> callsign of by ear - that is definitely DX alerting
> assistance. It doesn't specify WHO or HOW that assistance is
> obtained.
>
> Is a piece of software that copies callsigns and tells you
> where they are assistance? You bet it is.
>
> We can take the rules even further.
>
> Verbatim from CQ WW rules:
>
> "Single Operator High: Those stations at which one person
> performs all of the operating, logging, and spotting functions."
>
> Those stations at which one PERSON performs ... SPOTTING functions.
>
> A piece of computer software decoding CW signals is not a
> person performing a spotting function. If the callsign is
> decoded by a method other than the human ear, that is not a
> person spotting a callsign, it's a machine. A computer. A
> computer is not a person. The rule says PERSON. Not person
> operating a computer that spots the callsigns for you.
>
> There are actually two parts to this discussion we are having
> on this forum at the moment. One is: What should CW
> contesting be? The other is: What is
> allowed within the rules of a given CW contest?
>
> Scott W4PA
>
>
>
>
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