Gotta say, I agree. And its doubly unfortunate that this has come up. I
had contemplated a serious effort this year in the NAQP CW. That won't be
happening now, and, at best I'll do the SSB leg since that now seems to be
the test of skill since there isn't a SSB skimmer.
73 Rich NN3W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Hachadorian" <k6ll@arrl.net>
To: "cq-contest reflector" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NAQP CW + Skimmer
> If that is the intent, the contest is ruined.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aldewey@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 11:36 AM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NAQP CW + Skimmer
>
> The intent of the current rule is that multi-channel band
> decoders , such
> as CW Skimmer, are allowed as long as they do NOT connect to any
> external
> source. For example, you are not allowed to connect to a TELNET
> address the
> publishes spots from Remote Skimmers.
>
> However, if the multi-channel band decoder is totally contained
> within the
> station, it is allowed.
>
> If someone can suggest a way to state that more simply, in one to
> two
> sentences without a lot of legalize, please respond off the
> reflector.
>
> 73,
>
> Al, K0AD
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/23/2010 11:58:19 A.M. Central Standard
> Time,
> K1TTT@ARRL.NET writes:
>
>> Although NCJ does not have an official "Contest Committee",
>> issues
> related
>> to the NCJ contests are discussed among all the NCJ contest
>> managers.
>> Often, input is solicited from others also. Final decisions
>> rest with the
>> Contest Manager for each of the 6 contests we sponsor. For
>> the Sprints,
>> it was
>> obvious that the allowing the use of multi-channel band
>> decoders made no
>> sense because of the QSY rule. It really came down to being
>> an issue for
>> the CW NAQP. We decided to allow it in the Single Operator
>> Class as
> long
>> as
>> there was no connection via the internet or any other outside
>> source.
> In
>> 2009, the NAQP rule was changed to state:
>
> So you DO intend to allow wide band decoding and generating of
> spotting
> information by CW Skimmer and Skimmer Server??
>
> "Access to spotting information obtained directly or indirectly
> from any
> source other than the station operator, such as from other
> stations or
> automated tools, is prohibited,"
>
> since CW Skimmer in its wideband decoding mode automatically
> generates
> 'spotting information' I would consider this first statement to
> exclude
> that
> use of the CW Skimmer or Skimmer Server software.
>
> "except as follows: Technological methods of copying information
> in the
> contest exchange (e.g. CW Skimmer, code readers, etc.) are
> permitted as
> long
> as all components are entirely contained within the station."
>
> Since this qualifies use of technology as being for 'copying
> information in
> the contest exchange' I consider this, in the CW Skimmer usage,
> to be the
> narrow band audio only decoding of a single qso at a time. This
> is
> reinforced by lumping it in with 'code readers' which in general
> do not
> generate spotting information and only allow copying a single
> audio stream
> at a time.
>
> Perhaps the lack of complaint was because participants took the
> more
> conservative reading and assumed that NO sources of spotting
> information
> were allowed, which included the wide band decoding and spotting
> modes of
> the CW Skimmer.
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>
>
>
>
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