On 3/19/2013 12:27 PM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
Many of us, me included, do not want the two combined. In my opinion, once
that were to happen, the traditional single ops would be forced to use
spotting if they wanted to be competitive.
Is that "forced" really true? Let's arbitrarily say that "competitive"
is "in the top 5 of a category".
Let's arbitrarily take the CQ WW CW 2011 final scores and zoom in on US LP, and
compare top five assisted scores vs top five unassisted scores.
Top 5 unassisted scores were 4.5M, 4.4M, 4.3M, 3.9M, and 3.5M.
Top 5 assisted scores were 3.2M, 2.5M, 2.0M, 2.0M, and 2.0M.
e.g. none of the "top assisted" would have a competitive unassisted score.
Thing is, this is not the whole picture also. As #5 would have said
"Need Input"
We need to know of these ten stations, the history of the operators,
The top 5 un assisted could be seasoned veterans that have been doing it
for a decade! Where the 5 Assisted this could be maybe only their 3rd year.
How about Stations?
The top 5 could be super mega stations, with Legal limits power, stacked
yagis on most bands like the ones that have spent 1/2 a million dollars
on their super stations.
and the top 5 assisted could be just tribanders and wires,,,
Just looking at scores doesn't cut it.
Joe WB9SBD
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