To be sure, I do agree with Ed and Ron to a point: I can certainly see how
realtime scoring could be assistance.
What I have been trying to say is that, just like the rules makers did with
Skimmer, just like the rules makers did when 2m spotting nets were born, just
like they did when a certain formerly Communist country’s hams decided that
since the state owned everything, an M/M station could be spread across the
nation, and so on, the rules have to be clear, and amended if needed. If you
want a specific activity banned or relegated to a category, the rules MUST say
so. We can only go by what the rules say, and by how the sponsor, when asked,
explains the rules.
Our opinions don’t carry the day: only the contest organizers’ do.
New technology will continue to be added to our hobby. It doesn’t always follow
that the rules as written today will always account for every new piece of kit
that comes along.
73, kelly, ve4xt,
> On Apr 4, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Guys. Discussing which category the activity belongs to has no bearing on
> it being allowed or representing the younger generation. I think that most
> people are thinking the gaming generation is going to go assisted anyway.
> And it belonging, and being in assisted, is not the question.
>
>
>
> The question is whether it belongs in the un-assisted category (which
> apparently has nothing but old farts in it anyways - including me - at 53 -
> don't feel like an old fart just enjoy the category).
>
>
>
> Personally, I believe that both panadapters and real time scoring (with band
> information) give assistance that is beyond the intent of the category. And
> since there IS an assisted class, I would personally favor having neither of
> those tools in the unassisted class. No one is forced to be unassisted,
> they chose it. It should be as pure as it can be once chosen, in my
> opinion.
>
>
>
> However, it would not appear to violate any of the unassisted rules as
> written.
>
>
>
> 73
>
>
>
> Ed N1UR
>
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