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 there is no real category
in CQ WW, ARRL DX and NOV SS for SOAB (A) LP.
Instead you are lumped in with all the high power guys. (And NO, I don't
want to create another category, thank you....this is about making it
single op versus single op.)
I understand the argument that some want to have a "clean" single-op
category....just you and the radio. I actually agree with that view.
But - the pragmatist in me sees the contest community wasting much
too much time arguing over rules and what constitutes assistance
while the software associated with contesting expands almost weekly.
Meantime, many of the guys who dutifully get on the radio during
contests to hand out points to the serious ops can't imagine why
the use of Geoclock might make them a candidate for assisted.
(And I would argue when using packet puts you in the multi-op
category, we probably dampen participation, because many will
figure they can't really compete against a true multi and win.)
Super check partial? Geoclock/DX Atlas? Propagation programs like
Zone prop? Live scoreboards? Directional CQ's that might make someone
note that on the cluster? How about the guy operating at someone's station
who keeps making Q's while the station owner tweaks an antenna for him
during the contest? And on and on. The assistance threads are endless.
Check out the results this year on 3830 from both modes of Nov SS, WPX,
CQ WW and ARRL DX. The only time the assisted side had a higher
claimed score - LP in WW SSB & CW and HP in ARRL DX CW.
CQ WW SSB 2006
USA SOAB HP
NN3W(@N3HBX) 3019 136 474 5,042,260
USA SOAB(A) HP
WE3C 2076 148 548 4,000,608
USA SOAB LP
N1UR 1094 92 333 1,279,675
USA SOAB(A) LP
K1BX 1267 104 373 1,691,919
CQ WW CW 2006
USA SOAB HP
K5ZD 4133 159 537 8,233,680
USA SOAB(A) HP
KI1G 3295 167 614 7,324,218
USA SOAB LP
N1UR 1800 116 380 2,524,532
USA SOAB(A) LP
K1BX 1615 122 429 2,541,212
NOV SS CW 2006
Single Op HP
WP3R(KE3Q) 1571 80 250,720
SO Unlimited HP
K6LL 1344 80 215,040
Single Op LP
K0EU 1247 80 199,520
SO Unlimited LP
K7RE 926 80 148,160
NOV SS SSB 2006
Single Op HP
WP3R(KE3Q) 2331 80 372,960
SO Unlimited HP
K7RL 1817 80 290,720
Single Op LP
K0UK 1326 80 212,160
SO Unlimited LP
K4EJ(@WK2G) 861 80 137,760
CQ WPX CW - 2006
USA SOAB HP
WC1M(@KT1V) 3003 908 8,736,776
USA SO(A)AB HP
K3WW 2409 815 6,216,005
USA SOAB LP
NV1N(N1UR) 1968 725 4,109,300
USA SO(A)AB LP
N4BAA 800 468 1,023,984
CQ WPX SSB - 2006
USA SOAB HP
K3ZO 2473 908 6,388,688
USA SO(A)AB HP
NY6DX(@W2WHP) 2139 899 5,011,925
USA SOAB LP
NV1N(N1UR) 1450 669 2,211,045
USA SO(A)AB LP
AB4GG 723 393 642,162
ARRL DX SSB - 2006
US/VE SOAB HP
VE3EJ 2991 418 3,693,030
US/VE SOAB(A) HP
K1AR(@K1DG) 1738 394 2,054,316
US/VE SOAB LP
N1UR 1194 307 1,100,700
US/VE SOAB(A) LP
N4KG 772 319 738,804
ARRL DX CW - 2006
US/VE SOAB HP
N9RV 3641 435 4,751,505
US/VE SOAB(A) HP
KI1G 3873 477 5,507,919
US/VE SOAB LP
N1UR 2251 350 2,330,866
US/VE SOAB(A) LP
N4KG 909 378 1,030,806
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