[CQ-Contest] Non-Assisted vs. Assisted

[Martin , LU5DX]

Big big mistake by WRTC committee.
But well, they rule the game.
There are creepy situations about this.
Too sad.

73.

Martin, LU5DX

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 12:04 AM, <kenlow7 at aol.com> wrote:

>
>
> >> 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
>
>
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