What if I use a list of my past contests? Is that assisted in your minds?
People can do as they wish but the Contest sponsors determine what
assisted and unassisted are.
SCP can get hurt you just as much as help if you simply rely on it
without confirmation.
I don't care one way or another. I play by the rules.
There is no way to determine if someone is using SCP or not.
W0MU
On 11/23/2015 6:45 PM, Radio K0HB wrote:
Thank you, Stu. I endorse your reasoned and well stated position.
__73, de Hans, K0HB
"Just a Boy and His Radio"™
On Monday, Nov 23, 2015 at 16:26, Stu Phillips <stu@k6tu.net>, wrote:
Posting emails likely to cause a proverbial s-storm is not my intent and certainly not
my standard MO. but my role as the maintainer of SuperCheckPartial as well as a
regular user of it in contests leave me personally in no doubt…
Using Super Check Partial makes you assisted category in a contest.
Before you reach for the reply key to rip me a new one, let me start with a couple of
email snippets from a world class contester (who I respect greatly BTW) reinforcing
why I need to release SuperCheckPartial before this coming weekend’s CQ WW
contest.
"It seems to me releasing the next SCP file a few days BEFORE CQWW CW would make good
sense and help many operators achieve a clearer log.”
And…
"I hope you will reconsider since log accuracy is such an important component in the
success or failure for everyone in this event.”
Emphasis added by me to make the point although no reconsideration was
required… I do listen to feedback FWIW.
I’m sure like me you’ve had experience of using SCP to help pull a call sign out of a
pile up/QRM/QSB because it gives you a clue for the possible things to listen for – of
course, this can be a double edged sword as it can convince you HEARD what you WANTED and so make a
bad QLF.
How much more time do you spend verifying a call sign when it does NOT appear in SCP
versus when it does? I know that I am doubly vigilant for a call sign bust both on CW
and Phone when the call is NOT shown in the SCP window in my logger. This improves my
accuracy and my rate as I’m less likely to double down on call sign
verification.
In the end adherence to the letter and spirit of contest rules comes down to individuals and their
own decisions. When it comes to the spirit of the rules – not what’s written but what
one personally thinks is right, that’s a freedom of choice that I completely endorse and
respect
For me going forward, I will submit my entries in the assisted category whenever I use Super
Check Partial – its clear that it helps with accuracy and likely rate. Just like
using cluster spots or pre-fill files (another set of thorn bushes I’m not going to
touch).
Respectfully presented & 73
Stu K6TU
PS: There will be a note going out shortly revising the SCP release schedule to
accommodate the feedback I’ve received (and folks difficulty in planning ahead
;-).
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