[CQ-Contest] Single-Op - Stop the Rot

[K3BU at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/14/2000 8:18:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
paul at ei5di.com writes:

> 
>  On the other hand, I strongly object to contests, and to contest
>  organisers, that do not distinguish between "single-op" and
>  "single-op assisted", and that do not include a separate
>  "single-op" category.
>  
>  73,
>  Paul EI5DI

Ditto!
I vote with my fists - do not enter those contests. 
Remember days when there were no repeaters and packets? One could find the 
station, work it, go on to next one. Nowadays, poor multiplier shows up, 
couple calls later he is framed on the packet, "ass-isted or un-ass-isted" 
zero in their VFOs and never ending bedlam starts, not letting the rare one 
to come back. One drawback of packet is that there is an instant pileup of 
anxious ops making it difficult to satisfy. It is especially hard for them 
low power guys, working hard in finding new ones, being hammered by avalanche 
of packetteers. (Smart DX quickly jumps to another frequency.)

Back in old days, the rare one could work them one by one as they were 
discovering it. I vote for eliminating packet from all categories. Isn't 
contesting supposed to demonstrate one's skills? Just shut the darn thing 
down for the contest and there will be no problems assisted or unassisted. 

Questions about "other" assistance keep popping up. Please, get the logical 
meaning of assistance by other person(s) during the contest. It relates to 
finding and feeding the operating information (telling where is what) by ANY 
means to the operator. Radio contesting is a technical sport which allows us 
to use equipment to the best of our abilities, you can have 7 transceivers, 
keyers, computers, and even slave feeding you food. 

Another question is having "technician" fixing problems during the contest, 
is that "assistance"? I do my own fixing, but I have no problem someone 
having help with that, as long as another person does not participate in 
operating - feeding the info or operating single op station. 

Lets try to stay with meaning of the words, if you are single operator that 
means no assistance in operating or feeding operating info via any means.

Yuri, K3BU
Tesla RC N2EE


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