Martin,
Most of your points are valid, but the better contester is the one that
does ALL his contesting without any dependence on cluster, RBN or similar
tools.
I work equally often SOAB and SOAB(A). Both disciplines are fun, but one of
them is "lazy man"s choice". Sometimes (like this past weekend) I decided
to be lazy.... and for sure did not end up in SOAB...
Let's face the fact - WRTC should be the competition where the elite of the
elite should meet!
If you favor clicking skills, then computer games is the arena... Not First
Class contesting like WRTC!
I moreover also strongly disagree with your belief that Assisted and
Non-Assisted should be merged into one category. It will be the separation
of Real Contesting from Artificial
Contesting...
Operator skills in contesting should be based on the ability to balance Run
rate with S&P efficiency, managing propagation changes and Grey Line
influence - not your ability to "click the cluster" and automatically send
away your call with another click.
I am surprised if German organizers of WRTC had the intention to equalize
SOAB with SOAB(A) when contesters should qualify for next WRTC! Maybe (and
hopefully) a clarification will follow after this debate.
73 de RM2D (SM6LRR), Mats
On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, Martin , LU5DX <lu5dx@lucg.com.ar> wrote:
> Hi Hans,
> With all due respect.
> I believe you do not have all the information you need to make your
> statement.
> To say that, it would be really interesting if you tried to enter SOAB(A)
> in a serious effort, trying to beat a personal best of yours or a State
> Record previously set in SOAB.
> If you do, you will realize that it goes way beyond of just pointing and
> clicking to be competitive and break a SOAB mark, but this time in SOAB(A).
> I have entered SOAB for eight years in CQ WW and other contests and last
> year I switched back to SOAB. Simply because I wanted to try something
> different. I find SOAB more rewarding though. But SOAB(A) ops deserve all
> my respect and admiration.
> You do need to be even better than SOAB at balancing your run/mult time.
> You need to determine when to call a mult or not. You need to really listen
> to the calls of the DX station you are calling because spots get busted
> quite often.
> You need all the skills involved in SOAB plus you need to be able to handle
> tons of information that go against the "Rate is King" rule.
>
> Despite that, I always believed and I still do, that SOAB/SOAB(A) should be
> merged to eliminate one of the many ways cheaters have to cheat in our
> hobby and ruin it.
>
> Vy 73,
>
> Martin, LU5DX
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 2:00 AM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > That is truly tragic as it favors "point and click" skills over
> "radioman"
> > skills.
> >
> >
> > 73, de Hans, K0HB
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Monday, Dec 1, 2014 at 21:50, Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd@charter.net
> <javascript:;>>,
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > The surprise for me is that Assisted scores are compared against
> > Unassisted.
> >
> > This really says that if you want maximum points, you have to plan on
> >
> > working Assisted.
> >
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