With all due respect to my good friend K2WR, in the last few years,
it has been common for assisted entries to beat the unassisted
ones in the ARRL DX contest (this has happened in both modes).
In CQWW, take a look at this years and last years claimed
scores...it's not so clear any longer there either. K3WW
claims within 100k points of K1AR on CW last fall.
73, J.P. W2XX
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-cq-contest@contesting.com
[mailto:owner-cq-contest@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Rich K2WR
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 11:13 PM
To: kl7ra; Contest Reflector
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] KL7RA needs advice
Rich:
Your friend said, "there is no incentive in the rules to be unassisted
except personal satisfaction."
Isn't that a pretty big exception?
Since the top unassisted scores routinely beat the top assisted scores, for
the most part the assisted entrants compete against each other, and so for
the unassisted entrants. A very few people claim to be in the unassisted
category when they are not. They have to live with themselves, and it does
not affect either of our lives. If someone finishing #2 in unassisted were
beaten by someone who was cheating we would surely hear about it, but we
don't.
I know there seem to be a bunch of people on the reflector who lose a lot of
sleep over this. I just don't understand it.
Rich K2WR
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