"Outside Assistance?"
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:52 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
wrote:
> A key point, which actually makes the discussion moot...
>
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> W0MU
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> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Why SuperCheckPartial makes you assisted
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> < snip >
>
> but the Contest sponsors determine what assisted and unassisted are.
>
> < snip >
>
> W0MU
> -- 30 --
>
> The words assisted & unassisted -- the dictionary definitions that is --
> and
> the contest classifications that they are used as the labels of are not
> necessarily the same.
>
> The meanings of the categories/classifications, when used, may differ from
> contest to contest.
>
> So more often than not, the discussions end up without resolution because
> the various participants aren't actually discussing the same thing.
>
> I really wish a different word than "assisted" had been chosen when the
> category was being named. Some of this heartburn might have been avoided.
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
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