The wife bringing the sandwich was a bit of hyperbole, but the guest
op/pit crew scenario wasn't.
It's one thing to have a meal delivered. It's another to have the
resident station engineer swap out parts, fix a rotor, etc.
As has been said many times before, there is no way to equalize the
competition and there never will be (unless the contest is run on Morse
Runner.)
73,
Barry
Richard L. King wrote:
> Are you saying that using packet is the same thing as your wife
> bringing you a sandwich.
>
> Sorry, I just don't see that.
>
> The trouble is that this subject can be nitpicked to death. There are
> just too many "help" scenarios that can be thought up and you can't
> logically group them into the "using packet" class, whatever name it
> goes by. Using packet is very different and really helps my score,
> while a sandwich does nothing for my score.
>
> Though I sometimes feel there are too many categories these days, if
> it encourages more activity I am OK with it.
>
> And I don't think anything anyone says here will cause the "assisted"
> and "unassisted" categories to be combined. Nor will it create rules
> saying a single-op has to operate from a sealed room.
>
> Happy holidays.
>
> 73, Richard - K5NA
>
> At 11:39 12/21/2006, Barry wrote:
>
>> The definition of Assisted only refers to using a spotting network.
>> However, I see no difference between SOA and SO/guest op or an SO with a
>> "pit crew." True single op is single op. Single op with helpers to
>> prepare meals, fix equipment problems, etc., is not single op, IMO.
>> 73,
>> Barry
>>
>> --
>>
>> Barry Kutner, W2UP
>> Newtown, PA
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> CQ-Contest mailing list
>> CQ-Contest@contesting.com
>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>
>
--
Barry Kutner, W2UP
Newtown, PA
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|