[CQ-Contest] Get Rid of the Assisted Category

[Paul O'Kane]

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From: <k0luz at topsusa.com>
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> ... So why is the spot tool considered the tilting point
> to drop operators using spots into another category?

Because it's external assistance from other individuals.

> It's just another tool.  

No, it's not.  As G4BUO says "the critical point that
separates it from all the other 'technology' is that the
help is coming from other individuals in real time, during
the contest.

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> .. "Other tools include 2nd radios, enough land to
> separate antennas so that they don't interfere, stacks,
> location, number of towers, height of towers,  elements,
> quality of radios,  and the list goes on and on. 

These "tools" represent hardware and not help/information
received from other individuals after the start of the
contest. With few exceptions, contest hardware restrictions
relate only to output power levels.

73,
Paul EI5DI