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Re: [CQ-Contest] : Re: NAQP CW - Rules Changes Needed

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] : Re: NAQP CW - Rules Changes Needed
From: ku8e <ku8e@ku8e.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:23:31 -0400
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KenSure you're going to do better SOA because you are having spots fed to you. 
But it's not necessary to do good in a contest. The way I read this thread is 
the author and some others were saying operating SOA was the only way to have a 
good score if you lived in an HOA. That's not true.I live in a neighborhood 
with an HOA and seem to do pretty good with wires in the trees. I've won 
Georgia several times in SS beating more well equipped stations. I've also won 
several other contests as well. I have a friend in our contest club - N4GG who 
has antenna restrictions with an HOA and he does even better than me. JeffSent 
from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: AB1J via CQ-Contest 
<cq-contest@contesting.com> Date: 8/10/21  9:34 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: 
ku8e@ku8e.com, cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] : Re:  NAQP 
CW - Rules Changes Needed You wrote:Sorry but what does living in a HOA have to 
do with operating assisted ? It seems to me that that you would have a harder 
time working someone by clicking on spots as compared to tuning the band and 
just calling someone who is CQing.\==========================================A 
lot actually.  Small stations doing mostly S&P, HOA or not, get better results 
running assisted.  Almost everyone calling CQ gets spotted on CW and RTTY, so 
there aren't two categories of CQing stations, spotted or unspotted.  Only 
newly spotted stations have cluster pile ups.  Other CQing stations, spotted or 
not, experience normal answering patterns. A (very) few stations get missed 
somehow by the RBN.  The chances of an unassisted station finding lots of 
unspotted CQing stations is small.  I can testify to that as I have lots of 
both unassisted and assisted operation experience from a miniscule station.In 
contests where there is a choice (like the WPX), I sometimes operate unassisted 
just because that is a shrinking category and I might have a better chance for 
a certificate.  But in any given contest under similar conditions in successive 
years, my assisted score has always been higher than my unassisted one.  
Sometimes dramatically so.73,Ken, AB1J-----Original Message-----From: ku8e 
<ku8e@ku8e.com>To: cq-contest@contesting.comSent: Mon, Aug 9, 2021 9:36 
pmSubject: Re: [CQ-Contest] : Re: NAQP CW - Rules Changes NeededSorry but what 
does living in a HOA have to do with operating assisted ? It seems to me that 
that you would have a harder time working someone by clicking on spots as 
compared to tuning the band and just calling someone who is CQing. Those 
spotted stations probably have other people calling them and if you were QRP or 
had a modest antenna you wouldn't probably make it thru the first time.I have 
no problem with those who want to operate assisted and do their thing. My 
personal opinion is operating that way is a dumbing down of operating skills. 
It's like catching fish from a barrel.JeffSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy 
smartphone-------- Original message --------From: iainvest@gmail.com Date: 
8/9/21  2:30 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: 
[CQ-Contest] : Re:  NAQP CW - Rules Changes Needed If you want to increase the 
number of participants, then offering anassisted category makes a lot of sense. 
 I live in a HOA.  Antenna is hiddenin the trees.  Fortunately I live above the 
average terrain so I do betterthan most with a compromised antenna. The 
majority of my operating is searchand ponce.  Do I get answered on the first 
call? Often not. So you callagain.  Then go searching for the next call sign 
that is not a dupe.Operating in assisted mode just makes it a lot more fun and 
results inspending more time operating in the contest. 73, Larry K8LS 
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