Showing posts with label Skimmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skimmer. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

The Legal Front of Radio Contesting

The law firm of Howe, Dewey, Cheatham, and Wynn has announced the addition of Reginald Milquetoast, Esq. to the firm. Reginald will be specializing in rules interpretation of Skimmer and Skimmer-like technology to Single Operator contest categories. This currently hotly debated topic among the contestcenti is ripe for litigation, says Milquetoast.

When asked what contribution he could make to the topic, Milquetoast responded, “In a word - Latin. Throughout the countless thousands of words already written on the subject of Skimmer technology usage in Single Operator contest categories, not once has there been one word of Latin legalese used to defend or justify an opinion or position. Only Latin, preferably from a bonafied lawyer, can bring the appropriate gravitas needed to confuse and stupefy one’s opponents and establish the superiority of one’s position.”

In related news, the firm of Howard, Fine, and Howard, Esq. has announced they will be specializing in contest rules revision with emphasis on new technology integration. While unconfirmed, it is rumored that Howard, Fine, and Howard were involved in the recent National Contest Journal (NCJ) sponsored North American QSO Party (NAQP) CW contest rule revision allowing Single Operators to utilize Skimmer in the contest for the first time in 2011. When asked about the controversy that resulted from the rule revision announcement, Jerome “Curly” Howard, the junior partner responded, “I’m a victim of soicumstance! “

Sunday, July 12, 2009

New Skimmer Technology to be Deployed

Word though the grapevine is that there is an alternative version of the Skimmer automatic cw decoder and analyzer program in the works. This new version, being developed independently, will be deployed from a remote receiver site in 5N-land to monitor the DX bands worldwide. The alternative Skimmer program will decode callsigns, just like the original Skimmer, but will also have the capability to execute automatic lookup of all calls, using QRZ or other callsign database resources, and will automatically generate emails to all stations with offers to participate in a lucrative scheme to help transfer several million dollars out of the country from an abandoned bank account. The new program will be entitled Scammer. Coming soon to an email account near you.