[CQ-Contest] Revised 2011 NAQP Rules

[Ken Alexander]

Geez!  Am I going to need a lawyer here?  I just paid my Christmas shopping bills and I can't afford a lawyer just to enter a contest.  Is Legal Aid available for hams entering contests?

73,

Ken Alexander
VE3HLS



--- On Tue, 1/4/11, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Revised 2011 NAQP Rules
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 2:00 PM
> Well Joe, as I understood it (and I
> could well be wrong!)  the original concept of what is
> now considered the 'assisted' class was that the single
> operator would be getting technical or technological
> assistance for the purpose of finding stations to work --
> ie, use of the cluster or a similar spotting network.
> 
> Over the years, as these recent posts show, it appears that
> the choice of the word 'assisted' has caused difficulties
> because 'assisted' implies other types of help, beyond the
> parameters that the original definition of the category was
> ever meant to mean or even imply.
> 
> It should not be a question of what the word "assisted"
> means or implies... it should be a question of what the
> "Single Operator Assisted" ENTRY CLASS means or
> implies.  
> 
> 73
> 
> 
> Jan 4, 2011 01:23:36 PM, nss at mwt.net wrote:
> 
> I guess everyone has a different definition of what that
> word means. 
> Assisted to one is not assisted to someone else.
> 
> Brings back memories of Bill Clinton! he he he
> 
> Joe WB9SBD
> 
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> On 1/4/2011 11:10 AM, Vladimir Sidorov wrote:
> > Then the paralimpic games also should not be
> politically correct. But they
> > are, indeed. Numerous people take part in them without
> feeling assaulted.
> >
> > People having hearing difficulties or so need some
> assistance by means or
> > decoders. No problem with that, let them use decoders.
> Other people might
> > need other kind of assistance. Let them have it. But
> let them all just
> > state, they were assisted. There is no need to create
> any more new
> > definitions.
> >
> > Why it is such a problem for an assisted operator just
> to declare, he is
> > assisted?
> >
> > 73,
> > Vladimir VE3IAE
> >
> > ---
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Robbins"
> > To:
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 7:42 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Revised 2011 NAQP Rules
> >
> >
> >> inadequate and not politically correct... you need
> a better definition
> >> that accounts for those who are either physically
> or mentally unable to
> >> copy by ear, or by eye, or by typing what they can
> see or hear.
> >>
> >>
> >> Jan 3, 2011 09:06:57 PM, w4pa at yahoo.com
> wrote:
> >>
> >> W5OV:
> >>
> >>> The focus instead should be "what are the
> characteristics of an unassisted
> >>> single op"?
> >> Ear, not eye.
> >>
> >> Scott
> >> W4PA
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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