[CQ-Contest] Assistance & Entry Status

[Hank Greeb]

I personally think that the distinction of Single Operator and Assisted 
is an anachronism of the 20th century, if not the 19th century.   Why 
don't we have separate categories for folks who operate SO2R, or those 
who use computers for logging, and sending CW and Phone content?  They 
are getting assistance from technology - hardly anyone would have 
thought to operate SO2R in the 50's when I got my license, and computer 
logging, sending, tracking of antennae, etc., are no different that 
using a spotting network.

We should have categories for

Operators who build their own equipment from scratch.  This would 
include all the antenna hardware, including, perhaps, winding their own 
rotor motors, and fabricating their own towers, if needed.

Operators who use superhet receivers - after all, superhets weren't in 
use when contesting first started.

I could go on and on.  But, my question is "why do we disallow some 
forms of technological advances in contesting, but allow many, many, 
many others?"  Or, do we equate the help from a "person" to the help one 
gets from a stupid computer interfaced to the internet?

73 de n8xx Hg

PAUL PIERCEY <p.piercey at nl.rogers.com> wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:01:55 -0700 (PDT)
> From: PAUL PIERCEY <p.piercey at nl.rogers.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Assistance & Entry Status
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> I disagree. If there is no provision in the rules governing the use of the cluster or "assistance" per se, then there would be no expectation that a single operator would enter as a multi-op as a matter of conscience. If the rules can't be followed then where does that leave us?
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> 73 -- Paul VO1HE