[CQ-Contest] SO vs. SOA Scores

[Richard L. King]

Barry, it was not my hyperbole, but rather, a question to get 
clarification of what you said before.

Now I am reading that you think that all guest operators would have 
to be classified as "assisted". Do I have it now?

If so, I still don't see it as being the same level of help as 
getting packet spots.

73, Richard - K5NA

At 23:30 12/21/2006, Barry wrote:
>The wife bringing the sandwich was a bit of hyperbole, but the guest 
>op/pit crew scenario wasn't.
>It's one thing to have a meal delivered.  It's another to have the 
>resident station engineer swap out parts, fix a rotor, etc.
>
>As has been said many times before, there is no way to equalize the 
>competition and there never will be (unless the contest is run on 
>Morse Runner.)
>
>73,
>Barry
>
>Richard L. King wrote:
>>
>>Are you saying that using packet is the same thing as your wife
>>bringing you a sandwich.
>>
>>Sorry, I just don't see that.
>>
>>The trouble is that this subject can be nitpicked to death. There are
>>just too many "help" scenarios that can be thought up and you can't
>>logically group them into the "using packet" class, whatever name it
>>goes by. Using packet is very different and really helps my score,
>>while a sandwich does nothing for my score.
>>
>>Though I sometimes feel there are too many categories these days, if
>>it encourages more activity I am OK with it.
>>
>>And I don't think anything anyone says here will cause the "assisted"
>>and "unassisted" categories to be combined. Nor will it create rules
>>saying a single-op has to operate from a sealed room.
>>
>>Happy holidays.
>>
>>73, Richard - K5NA
>>
>>At 11:39 12/21/2006, Barry wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>The definition of Assisted only refers to using a spotting network.
>>>However, I see no difference between SOA and SO/guest op or an SO with a
>>>"pit crew."  True single op is single op.  Single op with helpers to
>>>prepare meals, fix equipment problems, etc., is not single op, IMO.
>>>73,
>>>Barry
>>>
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