Re: [CQ-Contest] Rule Changes for the CQ WW WPX SSB and CW Contests in 2021

[Julio VE3FH via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>]

A very disappointing and discouraging change, I would have expected it to go 
the other way and for the WPX RTTY rules to be brought in line with the WPX CW 
and WPX SSB.

I agree with each and every one of the points raised by Paul EI5DI below.

73,
Julio VE3FH


On 2020-11-16 11:54, Paul O'Kane wrote:
> On 16/11/2020 15:01, Bud Trench wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > QSO alerting systems will now be permitted in all CQ WW WPX SSB and CW
> > Single Operator categories, except the Single Operator Classic Overlay 
> > categories.
> That's a weasel way of announcing that the Single Op Unassisted category has 
> been abolished in WPX.
>
> > This change also results in elimination of the requirement for audio recordings.
> That represents no justification whatsoever for abolishing SOU. Rather, it's a 
> consequence of abolishing SOU.
>
> > The drivers for combining the Single Op Assisted and Unassisted categories 
> > include:
> >
> >
> > *    Use of QSO alerting systems by single operator participants is
> > allowed in 70% (33 or 47) of the international DX contests recently reviewed, 
> > including CQ WPX RTTY
> Again, that does not justify anything.  If 70% of entries in those 47 contests 
> were HP, would you use that to abolish LP and QRP? If not, why not?.
>
> > *    It is becoming increasingly more difficult to draw the line between
> > assisted and unassisted operations as SDR technologies become more integrated 
> > with contest software / networks
> Then, you really should try harder.  Is it correspondingly more difficult to 
> draw the line between HP and LP?
>
>
> > *    This step further aligns CQ WW WPX SSB / CW with CQ WW WPX RTTY.
> > The use of QSO alerting systems in CQ WW WPX RTTY has been permitted since the 
> > mid-1990's
> You're aligning the SSB and CW events with RTTY.  Why not align RTTY with the 
> others, and reinstate Single OP Unassisted?
>
>
> > The Single Operator Classic Overlay categories will continue to prohibit the
> > use of QSO alerting systems and should be considered by participants preferring 
> > to be unassisted.
> That is no consolation whatsoever.  Further, it limits those "preferring to be 
> unassisted" (as you quaintly put it) to 24 hours of operation.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
>
>
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