We have had a pretty lively discussion in recent weeks on what really constitutes assistance and what does not. For some live scoreboards and propagation tools are bad. For others, the spotting netwo
I am sooooo close to agreeing with this. Let's get back to one single op category and have at it. If only it was that simple. At the top of the standings, it wouldn't cause much of a change. The scor
Using the comparison of existing SO and SOA scores to conclude "it wouldn't change the standings much" if the separation of the two categories was eliminated is a faulty assumption, I think. The unk
Although propagation today seems to be poor for the 9A contest, I checked out the rules and lo and behold it states "All stations are allowed to use the spots from DX packet Cluster." Now doesn't tha
Stonesmith, please start carving. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/
Hi Mark, Well, since you asked... Apart from Multi-ops, the only time I was SOA was in ARRL DX CW at least 5 years ago. I think it hurt my score because I didn't know how to use it properly to maximi
If you get rid of the Assisted category - who does it help or hurt? The first people it actually helps would be the low power crowd. Right now it makes no sense to go assisted and low power, because
operators who choose to use packet and enter SOA are inferior to those who chose not to use it. It IS a learned skill. Different strokes for different folks. Bravo, Ken. I've done it both ways and e
Yes we've done this one many times before but I get worried when I see the sort of posting from Red K0LUZ. Suppose in the next major contest I'm in my shack, ready to go. In the next room I have set
Dave, Your comments are similar to some others we have heard here recently. The word "assistance" seems to be causing all sorts of confusion between multi-op and using remote spotting help from peopl
K5ZD: I doubt any of us have read all the laws for our town, state, and country, yet we generally "know" what is legal and what is not. I hope we all know that ITU has assigned us a lot of frequencie
Networked or assisted - it´s not a "single" operator. This suggestion is IMHO more another wording, kind of - sarcasm on - the difference between "career planning by the great service of a prof
I agree with Dave G4BUO that there's a fundamental difference between SO and SO-Assisted entry classes, and I have no inclination to support contests which do not recognise this. Yes, I suggested "Si
While I understand where Dave is coming from, I would like to look at it from a different perspective. Let it be said that I would never remove myself from a contest because I disagreed with a rule s
I tried SO2R a bit for the first time in CQWW CW to get my toes wet. I wouldn't call it "schizophrenic" - but I would call it "manic". :-) ARL SIXTY-ONE to all of you from me, too. 73, Zack W9SZ ____
Because it's external assistance from other individuals. No, it's not. As G4BUO says "the critical point that separates it from all the other 'technology' is that the help is coming from other indivi
I agree with Dave G4BUO that there's a fundamental difference between SO and SO-Assisted entry classes, and I have no inclination to support contests which do not recognise this. I would agree with t
I would maintain that it is self-evident that, when an individual gets real-time spotting help from other individuals, there is potential for him/her to work more multipliers, or high-point QSOs, tha
It is often said that Assisted operators will score better than their un-assisted competitors if we had one single-op category in contesting. So...let's look at the scores from the ARRL DX CW and SSB
Try doing this with single-band scores in CQWW and see if you get the same answer Jamie. Mults become relatively much more important when you are constrained by choice of category to a much smaller p