[CQ-Contest] Non-Assisted vs. Assisted

[Stan Stockton]

Martin,

I wonder why you believe it is a mistake for assisted to be "penalized" relative to unassisted?  I would agree you would have a point if you also thought the WRTC competition should include assistance.  

The fact is that an operator with less ability will score closer to a better operator if both use assistance than if neither uses assistance.  Running stations on one radio, working new stations and new multipliers on another, and moving stations from one band to another takes a lot more skill than clicking on spots that are loaded by skimmer and knocking them off one after the other.  As the activity is automated or includes the ability to point and shoot, the station's antenna performancat relative to pure operator talent becomes more and more important.  

The WRTC allows up to six qualifying entries (half) with full points in the MS category where the operator can use assistance and actually doesn't even have to make but one contact in a winning effort for it to count.  It should be relatively easy to get half the maximum number of points needed.  At some point in time, however, the successful qualifier has to prove him/herself as a by doing well without the assistance of skimmers and packet in a few contests. 

73...Stan, K5GO

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On Jan 31, 2013, at 5:41 AM, "Martin , LU5DX" <lu5dx at lucg.com.ar> wrote:

> 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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