[CQ-Contest] The Meaning of Assisted

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > I cannot, for the life of me, imagine how ANYONE could consider
 > Skimmer to NOT be an assistance aid.  You have the entire bandmap
 > laid out for you without your mind doing anything.  It is a complete
 > game changer and should NOT be ever placed into the same category as
 > an unassisted operator doing all the operating and listening by
 > himself.

As one who remembers contesting before computers and before bandmaps,
*ALL* of the things done by computer were game changers.  How anyone
can not consider computer logging, bandmaps, SCP, etc. anything other
than *assistance* is beyond me.

The whole point is that the assistance does not come from any other
*person* either directly or via telephone, packet, internet, etc.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV

On 9/17/2010 1:49 PM, richnn3w at verizon.net wrote:
> I've used Skimmer in contests - in WAE CW which is allowed for any category single op and in IARU as part of a multi op.
>
> I cannot, for the life of me, imagine how ANYONE could consider Skimmer to NOT be an assistance aid.  You have the entire bandmap laid out for you without your mind doing anything.  It is a complete game changer and should NOT be ever placed into the same category as an unassisted operator doing all the operating and listening by himself.
>
> 73 Rich NN3W
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