Dick, I don't have time right now to respond in detail, but in summary, the assisted/unlimited single op categories allow for all sorts of innovation and every kind of assistance imaginable. People w
Dick, I've got two minutes before the XYL gets here, so I wanted to address the SO2R issue. The important part of this is the "SO". The 2R is completely irrelevant to the discussion. Sure, one operat
Hi, I agree that with technology improvements and "connected" computer being everywhere including inside our radios, it's hard to define what is assistance. My opinion is that in order to make the Si
Hi Bob, Just read your message (I'm reading the diggest). I fully agree with your views. Even more, we don't have to put more words in the sentences. The more words you put, the more possibilities of
"Come into my trap", said the spider to the fly. :-) You're absolutely correct, Bob. And by that same logic, a local CW Skimmer is legal for Single Op. One operator is doing everything, and he's alo
Then I may not use my FTdx-5000? It has two receivers. 73, de Hans, K0HB - just one transmitter one receiver and one operator in one location _______________________________________________ CQ-Contes
Even before my fancy rig with two inbuilt RX, I used split earphones and an old Drake R4C to search on off bands for mults. Called it SO1.5R. By your rule of "one receiver" I was illegal. I don't thi
Hi Hans, What count is what you use for making the contest QSO, not what you have in your shack. If not, we could be all disqualified for having started the QSO before time... 73, Yan. -- Yannick DEV
Ok Hans, now I understand what you mean. That was not the point of my first message but yes I think SO2R should be in another category than SO-Unassisted. For me it's also a problem of the equipments
OK Spider - except this "fly" is not going to play that game. We were discussing SO2R - not Skimmers. Skimmer locates, decodes, and identifies callsigns. The operator does nothing in that process (as
This debate whilst a perennial one has been extremely well debated. Whilst the consensus of opinion is a 'No' vote those who say 'Yes' put their points very well. The problem stems from how rules are
Should we have a separate category for ops with very supportive spouses who provide meals at planned breaks, answer all the phone calls, and do all the chores around the house on the contest weekend
John, The point where it stops is where we re-focus on what it means to be a single operator, and what he does - alone. He *operates* his radio(s) alone. No biological or electronic "operating" help
So you want to write rules around which radio someone uses. WPX already has Tribander wire class. Should there be a class for antennas with more than 3 elements per band, more than 6 elements per ban
Except it's not that simple because the clusters assist the unassisted. A single operator travels to a rare multiplier and calls CQ. He or she is immediately spotted on the clusters. This instant fre
Brian makes an excellent point that checking propagation via the RBN can result in "false spots" that waste time for Unlimited and Multi-op stations. I wouldn't outlaw the practice for that reason, b
There was once a contest that had defined in its rules what was "operating". Since radiosport is a competition based on operating, this made a lot of sense to me at least, as it made it very clear wh
Jim, While the "assistance" you refer to is real and conceivably results in the unassisted operator getting more callers, it is indirect to the unassisted operator as opposed to his receiving direct