W4TV told us:
>The use of a locally run, non-networked
>Skimmer is no different than a memory keyer or computer
>logging with history file and super check partial.
A memory keyer does not locate & identify for the
operator what is on the band.
Nor do the other things that W4TV mentions: logging
programs do not locate & identify for the operator
what is on the band. Neither does SCP.
Unlike anything else that has happened to contesting,
skimming is the first to replace the operator in the
process of locating & identifying stations to work. It
has long been established that there is something
about one operator or more than one operator that is
fundamentally different; in recent years that has been
refined somewhat (single-op with spotting assistance
for many contests is no longer considered to be
equivalent to multi-op).
This is so basic, so fundamental & so obvious that I
am at a loss to understand what W4TV is on about.
73, VR2/KBrett7Graham/p.
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