The solution already exists; Categories Assisted / Non-Assisted
Keep in mind that we all depend on each other - we need a large number of
participants for the game to work.
In order to get as many participants as possible, it's smartest, so far, to
divide the participants into categories. And all categories are dependent of
each other.
And contests may introduce new Over-Lay Categories like the already known;
Classic, Single-Wire-only, TB-Wires, Rookie etc.
Perhaps the Assisted category should have an Over-Lay called Unlimited that
allow all types of help to be used - for example RBN, external SDR
receivers/transmitters, Internet skeds, robot-transmission/reception,
self-spotting and so on. All the latest equipment and options can be used
and the only requirement could be that the report itself MUST be transmitted
via radio.
Overlay could bring technical evolution into Radio sport and keep the small
pistols and the ones using simple equipment to stay tuned.
Di dah di dah dit
Vy 73 de OZ1BII Henning
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Fra: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] På vegne af Paul
O'Kane
Sendt: 11. juni 2017 18:37
Til: cq-contest@contesting.com
Emne: Re: [CQ-Contest] Americas Cup Sailing - Watch and Learn
I'd support both suggestions of N4ZR.
And, just as America's Cup boats, and all other sailboats, rely only on
wind, waves and currents for propulsion, how about contesters relying only
on ham-band RF for communication
- with no dependence on external electronic networks?
After all, that's the way the WRTC teams will do it next month.
Or, if that's a step too far, let those who communicate over external
electronic networks compete among themselves.
73,
Paul EI5DI
On 11/06/2017 07:42, N4ZR wrote:
> OK - so where is our "bright line"? I've been arguing the need for a
> consensus on this for a decade.
>
> I hope nobody will consider me a Luddite - Iwrote arguably the first
> computer contest logger with integrated CW (for the TRS-80 Model 100
> and Commodore 64) back in the 1970s, and I'm one of the founders of
> the RBN.
>
> But... for the sake of discussion, how about:
>
> CW and SSB - all decoding and transcription of transmissions to be
> done by use of a human brain. Yes, I know this "discriminates"
> against people who don't know CW, but it's a small price to pay to
> prevent the advent of truecontesting robots.
>
> RTTY/Digital - no modes that are capable of receiving below 0 SNR
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network
> at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now
> spotting RTTY activity worldwide.
> For spots, please use your favorite
> "retail" DX cluster.
>
> On 6/11/2017 7:49 AM, Ed Sawyer wrote:
>> If anyone needed to see a better display of what can happen when
>> technology starts taking over a sport, this is it - on steroids. The
>> technology has developed to the point where the reserve of manmade
>> hydraulic energy is becoming a limiting factor on the boat (the boats
>> are trying to make numerous movements a minute of foils and the wing
>> sail under heavy tension force requiring A LOT of hydraulic energy
>> but with only manmade or wind energy available). This has turned the
>> race into 2 guys doing the sailing and 4 guys making energy.
>> Computer control with helmsman inputs doing the rest.
>>
>>
>> The sailing crowd has been complaining for a decade now that its no
>> longer sailing. Oracles partnership with Airbus cementing that the
>> race is more about getting the boat to "fly" and keeping it there is
>> how you win the race. Is it sailing or flying now. Calls of -
>> enough is enough - bring back real sailboat racing are becoming
>> louder and louder. Actual crowds watching are diminishing and TV
>> coverage is almost non-existent - we watched the 2 hour segment only
>> available live with no streaming or reruns yesterday.
>>
>>
>> I was quickly reminded what radio contesting is starting to become.
>> If you
>> want to look into the future of radio contesting, have a look at the
>> AC. If you don't like what you see, especially of you have every
>> sailed or dreamed about it, give it some thought before we become the
>> next version of it.
>>
>>
>> Kudos to NASCAR as an example of drawing the line on it with a - it
>> still needs to be car racing attitude. No shortage of fans there.
>>
>>
>> 73
>>
>>
>> Ed N1UR
>>
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