[CQ-Contest] Non-assisted & Assisted

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Rick, I'm well aware of that, which is why I contacted Directors who 
contest, to try to get the issue before the Board.  My question really 
goes to why the question has to wait for a semi-annual Board meeting, 
when a Board committee could vote on such minor matters by e-mail "as 
needed." You seem to be well patched in - do you know what they decided, 
if anything?

On second thought, I'm copying Sean - he should know.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/25/2013 12:00 PM, Rick Lindquist, WW1ME wrote:
> 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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