Well said, Mark!
I'm in total agreement, though I am an "assisted guy", having been so since we
"single ops" were printing out packet cluster spots on an ASR-33 teletype
machine in the early 80s and therefore had to declare ourselves in the M/S
class in ARRL contests. (In the 70s we'd write down the spots on the shout-down
2 Meter net.)
Those breakthrough days with constant advances to the state of the art in the
PC, packet, and our logging programs are legacy, but as you say, the
innovations will just continue - in ways we don't know now.
I want to and will continue to ride the waves of the innovations and remain in
the "Assisted" class. Speaking of which, your sailboat analogy is quite
appropriate. Apt, too, is the fact that I am a power boat guy!
73,
Bill N3RR
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From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
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Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 11:01 AM
To: CQ Contest
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] High Rate Dual Radio CQing
Hi Steve:
I disagree - I operate "unassisted (pick a name) because I enjoy operating that
way and I also enjoy competing with my peers. I really enjoy the competitive
nature of contesting.
I don't think the definition is headed for a collision with itself. The
"assisted" category (pick a name) will become more and more technology and
connectivity (internet) centric - I believe we've only seen the beginning.
There will be more effective "skimmer-like" technology and completely automated
stations - sooner rather than later.
The collision that I see comes with the effort to push more and more
connectivity and technology into the "unassisted" categories (pick a name) - or
to eliminate them altogether.
I expect (hope?) that in 10 years the "assisted" category will be drastically
different than it is today and the "unassisted" category will be much the same.
Analogies are often suspect, but let me propose one. The invention and wide
deployment of motor-driven seagoing vessels has not eliminated sailboat racing
- we are not obligated to let "technology" control the evolution of contesting.
73,
Mark, KD4D
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Bloom" <sbloom@acsalaska.net>
To: "Radio K0HB" <kzerohb@gmail.com>
Cc: "Eric Gruff" <eric@e4consult.com>, cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 12:29:59 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] High Rate Dual Radio CQing
Hans ..touche :)
I operate unassisted in SS ..I do it because ..Assist would do almost nothing
for me ...and ...tradition. I was Class A in 1977 as a 14 y/o, swearing I'd
eventually be Class B ...and it only took 32 years or so to manage it! I'll do
it going forward in CQWW or CQWPX if I'm Single Op ...now that I understand
that's the best category to see how I match up with others (I don't really care
about certs/plaques etc.). As for beer and bragging, no good contest argument
is complete without it!
My point is ...the definition is headed into a collision with itself. We
operate unassisted because ...it's a contest category. Kelly's definition of
course makes sense to me, just that ..as new technology comes along ...there is
going to be more and more parsing of it ..and with each parse comes an
argument. I'm good with it all ...but I'm also not someone who has put
Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars ...Man hours..relationships etc. to put
together the absolute top of the line stations that tend to be the true
competitors. I can understand why this type of parsing matters so much to
them, and I'm damned glad that they are there. They are Qs in my log when I'm
SO ...and hosts and mentors to me when they host Multi and/or Guest ops.
73
Steve KL7SB
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From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Radio
K0HB
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 7:17 PM
To: Stephen Bloom <sbloom@acsalaska.net>
Cc: Eric Gruff <eric@e4consult.com>; cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] High Rate Dual Radio CQing
Steve, your assertion that "not-assisted" classes exist just to accommodate a
few beer-swilling braggarts and Luddites in their 80's doesn't square well with
recorded fact.
2014 SS CW/SSB entries in the assisted (U/UL) categories total 921.
Entries in the not-assisted (A/B/Q) categories total 2,061.
If we're going to put it to a vote, that 69% majority is good enough to
overcome an Obama veto.
__73, de Hans, K0HB
"Just a Boy and His Radio"�
On Tuesday, Dec 8, 2015 at 19:47, Stephen Bloom <sbloom@acsalaska.net>, wrote:
If anyone operates unassisted at this point ..it
is either because
1) The category exists as a separate category with its own
cert/plaque/trophy/bragging rights during late night beer drinking in a
suite at the Crowne Plaza
2) They've been entering SS since radio came back after WW 2 (the Big One)
and still manually log and dupe check. You might find a few of these at
Field Day as well.
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