For assisted operating categories, N1MM can receive telnetted spots from
DX clusters and CW Skimmer networks and display the callsigns at the
proper frequency on the N1MM bandmaps. It is then possible for the user
to QSY to those spots via point/click with the mouse or via CTRL-UP/DOWN
ARROW, which is a very useful feature when you want to step through
identified stations to quickly look for multipliers or new contacts.
CW Skimmer has a Blind Mode option where signals are displayed and
circles are placed in the CW Skimmer bandmap at the frequency where it
thinks there may be a station, but no text or callsigns are displayed.
In that mode, CW Skimmer is generally considered legal for unassisted
operations since it performs no differently than any panadapter. In
Blind Mode, however, CW Skimmer will not telnet any information at all
to N1MM (I've tried and VE3NEA confirms that it won't)).
If N1MM had a menu option to substitute telnetted callsigns (either from
CW Skimmer or from the various clusters) with simply an asterisk placed
at the proper frequency on the N1MM bandmap, would that conceivably be
legal for unassisted operation? Presumably the bandmap could still
display the actual callsigns of those stations you work or Store from
the main entry window ... only the telnetted callsigns would be replaced
by the asterisk. N1MM could even keep track of the callsigns internally
to avoid duplicate spots ... it just wouldn't let you know what those
callsign were.
Obviously only the various contest sponsors could strictly answer this
question, but I'm curious what the field at large thinks.
73,
Dave AB7E
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