One important piece of information that spotting assistance provides from
knowing who is on the air (and from that, from where), is knowing where to
point your antenna.
In the case of the EME contest, there is exactly one very well known
direction to point one's antenna: at the moon.
So it would seem that spotting assistance should be less important in the
EME contest than in most others.
73 - Jim K8MR
In a message dated 8/15/2009 11:31:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
k5qe@sabinenet.com writes:
I ask again that you PLEASE send a letter to Sean (skutzo@arrl.org) if
you are upset about the removal of the Assisted Classes from the EME
contest. This is important....FIND THE TIME TO DO THIS!!! It is the
small stations that are being hurt by all this, so if you are a small
station op or if you just like to operate with Assistance(I do), send in
your email to Sean. Be sure to ask him to forward it to all the VUAC
members. Thank you....
73 Marshall K5QE
Zack Widup wrote:
> Part of the reason given for dumping the Assisted category was the use
> of the assisting method to actually assist with the QSO. This would be
> wrong, obviously; once you start to make the QSO you shouldn't use any
> other means of trying to enhance it.
>
> Not being an EME op, I wonder just how prevalent this practice is,
> though? How many people have done it?
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
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