Hans ..touche :)
I operate unassisted in SS ..I do it because ..Assist would do almost nothing
for me ...and ...tradition. I was Class A in 1977 as a 14 y/o, swearing I'd
eventually be Class B ...and it only took 32 years or so to manage it! I'll do
it going forward in CQWW or CQWPX if I'm Single Op ...now that I understand
that's the best category to see how I match up with others (I don't really care
about certs/plaques etc.). As for beer and bragging, no good contest argument
is complete without it!
My point is ...the definition is headed into a collision with itself. We
operate unassisted because ...it's a contest category. Kelly's definition of
course makes sense to me, just that ..as new technology comes along ...there is
going to be more and more parsing of it ..and with each parse comes an
argument. I'm good with it all ...but I'm also not someone who has put
Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars ...Man hours..relationships etc. to put
together the absolute top of the line stations that tend to be the true
competitors. I can understand why this type of parsing matters so much to
them, and I'm damned glad that they are there. They are Qs in my log when I'm
SO ...and hosts and mentors to me when they host Multi and/or Guest ops.
73
Steve KL7SB
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Radio
K0HB
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 7:17 PM
To: Stephen Bloom <sbloom@acsalaska.net>
Cc: Eric Gruff <eric@e4consult.com>; cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] High Rate Dual Radio CQing
Steve, your assertion that "not-assisted" classes exist just to accommodate a
few beer-swilling braggarts and Luddites in their 80's doesn't square well with
recorded fact.
2014 SS CW/SSB entries in the assisted (U/UL) categories total 921.
Entries in the not-assisted (A/B/Q) categories total 2,061.
If we're going to put it to a vote, that 69% majority is good enough to
overcome an Obama veto.
__73, de Hans, K0HB
"Just a Boy and His Radio"™
On Tuesday, Dec 8, 2015 at 19:47, Stephen Bloom <sbloom@acsalaska.net>, wrote:
If anyone operates unassisted at this point ..it
is either because
1) The category exists as a separate category with its own
cert/plaque/trophy/bragging rights during late night beer drinking in a
suite at the Crowne Plaza
2) They've been entering SS since radio came back after WW 2 (the Big One)
and still manually log and dupe check. You might find a few of these at
Field Day as well.
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