Hi Yuri:
Yes, that is part of the issue - the station to station communication part.
It does not, however, take into account the operator skill and fun involved in
finding stations to work - in fact, a robot could compete under your proposed
rule in single operator categories. I strongly believe that technology that
replaces this operator skill or acts as an operator belongs in the Unlimited
categories.
The change you propose would be a a major change from the current CQ WW and
ARRL rules and I do not believe the proposed change would be good for our sport.
73,
Mark, KD4D
On May 26, 2016 5:51:28 PM EDT, Yuri Blanarovich <k3bu@optimum.net> wrote:
>Sooo, your car is the "assistant", so is washing machine, telephone,
>computer, software, pencil, keyer?
>
>Aren't we looking for definition who is assisting by gathering
>call/freq
>outside you and your shack???
> Another PERSON or Gadget outside your station?
>
>There is difference if you use your station and gadgets for operating -
>
>FINDING Call/Freq vs. SOMEONE ELSE via whatever.
>I hope you realize that is harder to run skimmer at your own QTH with
>constant CQing, vs. streaming river of calls from world-wide skimmers,
>spotters, feeders.
>The big question is who is doing the hunting, you, me, or bunch of
>other
>assistant hunters holding the bear for you. Your gun, rifle, cannon,
>binoculars are your tools, not some assistant feeding you dead bears.
>
>73 Yuri, K3BU.us
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 01:55 PM, Mark Bailey wrote:
>
> > Hi Yuri:
>>
>> You are proposing a significant rule change. Some of us believe that
>
>> software within the station, providing the same information as the
>> packet cluster (other operators and/or remote software) should
>> continue to be excluded in single operator categories.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Mark, KD4D
>>
>>
>> On May 26, 2016 11:38:27 AM EDT, Yuri Blanarovich wrote:
>>> Why is it so hard to accept and use sensible definitions of SO and
>>> SOA?
>>>
>>> SO - Single Operator - station operated by single, one, operator
>>> without "ASSISTANCE" by SOMEONE ELSE via any means - be in the
>shack,
>>> over internet, phone, ESP, whatever....
>>> That means NOT someone/something else outside of own shack
>>> is gathering
>>>
>>> info on call, frequency, etc. and communicating to Single Operator.
>>> Technology in one's own shack is OK, own Skimmer at the QTH is OK.
>>> Remote, outside of own QTH "suppliers of call/freq", persons or
>>> gadgets
>>>
>>> are assistance by someone else - NOT OK!
>>>
>>> SAO - Single Operator Assisted - station operated by single, one,
>>> operator with ASSISTANCE by Someone/Something Else outside of own
>>> shack, via any means, providing Call/Frequency info.
>>>
>>> Normal people, SO, would do hunting on their own, with own rifle,
>>> find the bear and "nail" him. Feels good!
>>>
>>> "Assisted" people SAO would have army of hunters, finding the bear,
>>> kill him and then yell: "come, here is the bear, kill him!" Click,
>>> gotcha!
>>>
>>> But Hams have a problem figuring what the ASSISTANCE is. Huge
>>> discussions about - is the pencil, keyer, computer, etc. assistant?
>>>
>>> Personally, I would like to see the "assistance" by Internet go away
>
>>> or
>>>
>>> be restricted to use. Just like DXing was ruined by nets, list,
>>> contesting is being poisoned by Internet spoon feeding Call/Freq.
>>> Instead of preserving pure hunting aspect, we get crazy pileups,
>>> frequency hogging, unsportsman like behavior, hunting dead bears.
>>>
>>> Don't get me started on "rentastations" - hey, its me, in someone
>>> else's skin!
>>>
>>> Have fun, whatever is left of it!
>>>
>>> 73 Yuri, K3BU.us
>>> www.MVmanor.com
>>> da place for conventions, weddings, concerts,...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 10:27 PM, Jack Haverty wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> So, I'd like to see a split of assisted versus unassisted based on
>>>> those observations, with the following basic definitions:
>>>>
>>>> Unassisted - a station using technology, of any kind, to
>communicate
>>>> using only ham radio waves. All communication across the station
>>>> boundary (building, 100-meter circle, whatever) must be performed
>>>> using ham radio. Within the station boundary, other forms of
>>>> communication may be used.
>>>>
>>>> Assisted - a station using technology, of any kind, to communicate
>>> not
>>>> only using radio waves, but also using other forms of
>communications
>>>> across the station boundary for whatever purpose the operator
>>>> wishes.
>>>
>>>> All contact exchanges (whatever that means) must however be
>>>> accomplished only by ham radio communications.
>>>>
>>>> In other words, Unassisted means you use only ham radio; assisted
>>>> means you may use other forms of communications as well.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> /Jack de K3FIV
>>>>
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