[CQ-Contest] Non-Assisted vs. Assisted

[kenlow7 at aol.com]

>> From: Hal Kennedy <halken at comcast.net>
>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Hal Kennedy wrote:> 
>> Meanwhile, it is accepted that to date the best SO (A) 
>> scores continue to besomewhat below the best SO scores.

Hal -

There's an easy 4-letter explanation for that:  W-R-T-C.
 
As long as the WRTC qualifying rules penalize Assisted entries, there's no way the top guys will choose that category for their Single-Op efforts.   This has been the case ever since people recognized WRTC was a truer test of operating ability since there is a referee present at all times.

In recent years, several excellent SO2R operators have already demonstrated what happens when they enter Assisted in a major 48-hour contest:  the multiplier count increases by 20% and they blow away the Unassisted entries.

73,

Ken KE3X