[CQ-Contest] Non-assisted & Assisted

[Rick Lindquist, WW1ME]

Pete, the CAC is what it says - "advisory." It's also comprised of
volunteers. The CAC reports its findings and recommendations to the Board of
Directors, and the board decides (or not). This puts the decision-making in
the hands of individuals who have been elected by the ARRL membership.

73, Rick, WW1ME

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Pete Smith N4ZR
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 9:32 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Non-assisted & Assisted

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
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: Ktfrog007 at aol.com
> Date: Fri, Jan 25, 2013 7:30 am
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Non-assisted & Assisted
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>
> 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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