[CQ-Contest] Non-assisted & Assisted

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

What Rich says is correct.  I would just add that the ARRL 10 and 160 
contests are severely anachronistic in this respect.  Nobody is 
suggesting that assistance be allowed for "pure" single-ops, but surely 
there should be a SOA category in these contests. That there is not 
dates back to the earliest days of DX clusters.  To my knowledge, nobody 
has advanced a reason for keeping the status quo.

I have been in correspondence with the CAC and various directors about 
this, and one told me that action might be taken in the January ARRL 
Board meeting, which has just taken place.  Why it requires a decision 
at that level is beyond me, but that's what we have.  Now waiting for 
detailed minutes to learn what, if anything, was done.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/25/2013 8:51 AM, Richard DiDonna NN3W wrote:
> Usually if it says nothing, the assumption is that you must classify yourself as multi-single as the single operator rules have language about the -operator- doing all of the activity.
>
> ARRL 160 and ARRL 10 do not have separate assisted categories - necessitating that assisted ops enter as multi single entries.
>
> 73 Rich NN3W
>
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> From: Ktfrog007 at aol.com
> Date: Fri, Jan 25, 2013 7:30 am
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Non-assisted & Assisted
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> If a contest's rules say nothing about Assisted operation, does that mean
> it's allowed without restriction?
>   
> Note that Single-Op has no uniform definition.  For example, in the  ARRL
> RTTY Roundup, Single-Ops cannot be Assisted, while in the CQ WPX  RTTY
> everyone can operate Assisted.
>   
> 73,
> Kermit (Ken) AB1J
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