[CQ-Contest] IARU Rules RE: Packet

[Hal Kennedy]

Suppose as a Single Op, CW, I would like to use packet in the upcoming
IARU test.  The rules state this makes me M/S (seems okay) and
mixed-mode only (a rather harsh penalty since I'm not mixed-mode), and
as a M/S I can't changed bands more often than every 10 minutes - which
means I can't run SO2R.
 
Is this really what we want/need?  Some reason we can have a
single-op-assisted category?
 
Hal
N4GG