Posting emails likely to cause a proverbial s-storm is not my intent and certainly not my standard MO. but my role as the maintainer of SuperCheckPartial as well as a regular user of it in contests l
First WOW! and then Hallelujah. A few of us have been saying this for years that SCP is cheating in the unassisted. It's great to see common sense finally arriving and from the maintainer is so signi
<snip> Using Super Check Partial makes you assisted category in a contest. No - all relevant technology assists. In essence, what distinguishes "assisted" from "unassisted" is that you connect to ext
I, for one, do not think that the SCP adds to assisted any more than station automation and the electronic dupe sheet or a second radio. It takes a bit of talent to utilize these. should we do away w
Thank you, Stu. I endorse your reasoned and well stated position. __73, de Hans, K0HB "Just a Boy and His Radio" Posting emails likely to cause a proverbial s-storm is not my intent and certainly n
Randy, I didnt suggest doing away with SCP its a great tool. For me, its a personal choice and about the spirit of the rules, not the letter there of. Eliminating SCP or mandating it as assistance is
There is no way to check if anyone is using SCP. This discussion is meaningless. 73 Marc, ON7SD aka OO9O _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.
I respectfully have a different standard, Paul. In the context of radio sport, "technology" is not assistance. "Outside sourced information" is assistance. If I develop information INSIDE MY STATION
Marc, Discussion is not meaningless and I made the same point about enforceable rules. Its a matter of personal philosophy. One of my friends told me hed spent an entire evening arguing with a profes
What if I use a list of my past contests? Is that assisted in your minds? People can do as they wish but the Contest sponsors determine what assisted and unassisted are. SCP can get hurt you just as
If something is not expressly prohibited by contest rules or licensing rules, it's allowed. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ . _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list C
A key point, which actually makes the discussion moot... < snip > but the Contest sponsors determine what assisted and unassisted are. < snip > W0MU -- 30 -- The words assisted & unassisted -- the di
Disagree, Paul. I too think SCP is inappropriate for Unassisted operation, because SCP uses information ... compiled by others ... gathered outside of the actual event. Lots of folks will use the arg
While every one has their standards for their operations, "assisted" has been defined by contest sponsors as a source of CALLSIGN and FREQUENCY info during the contest. Personally a list of callsigns
I respectfully have a different standard, Paul. In the context of radio sport, "technology" is not assistance. "Outside sourced information" is assistance. SCP is based on MASTER.DTA, a reference fi
No mainstream event categorizes SCP as assistance. Now there are some specialty events (or events-in-events) like WRTC, where SCP databases were not allowed on the logging PC's. I think this is a fin
SCP does assist, there no doubt about that. However, even in the spirit of the rules, it does not make you "assisted" or "unlimited" depending on the contest. Stu, you are being influenced by the wor
Stu, It is nice to hear this view. I hope people can restrain themselves to a civil discussion about it. I have felt this way a long time and I resisted using SCP (and call history files) until last
Paul is correct. Read the rules of the category. The word "assisted" leads to a multi-annual festival of confusion about whether assistance makes you Assisted. It does not. The problem is in the choi
Hi Stu Ok that is your personal desition, but rules point the limit from assisted and not assisted If I follow what you think, I must log with a pen and paper, with all this tools off (SCP, history f