Blaming poor operating on an Assisted category is absurd. Seriously, this
topic predates assisted by 50 - 75 years. Stop looking for a boogeyman when
it's just normal Lids.
Ron, WV4P
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> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:56:19 -0500
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> Because the assisted category was recently added to NAQP, possibly leading
> some operators to assume their callers would just get their calls from
> spots.
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> 73,
> Scott K9MA
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> Scott Ellington
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> > On Aug 20, 2024, at 7:13?AM, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
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> > ?On 8/19/2024 1:43 PM, Jeff Clarke wrote:
> >> Why single out NAQP only now?
> >
> > Because NAQP was established many years ago as a low power, unassisted
> contest, which established its character. Most of us liked it that way --
> Rules favored the little guns. Now, we see it becoming just like any other
> contest, with Rules favoring the best stations, and the worst of them
> abusing good operating practice. Spotting HAS, sadly, changed the nature of
> this contest, and not for the better.
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> > 73, Jim K9YC
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