[CQ-Contest] WRTC2018 Qualifying

[K4XS via CQ-Contest]

I agree with Randy on this one.  For years I looked at the  assisted 
category as a lesser one.  One day I tried it, and was  hooked.
 
Randy, K3WW and others would probably agree with me that it is  harder than 
it looks.   
 
I do know that it really makes contest a lot more fun for  me.
 
K4XS
 
 
In a message dated 12/2/2014 3:15:32 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,  
k5zd at charter.net writes:

We need  to stop disparaging how people choose to operate.  Yes, there are  
different categories, but one does not mean you are a better radio operator 
 than another.



I worked 5000+ QSOs in the CQWW this past  weekend.  I operated in the 
Assisted category.  I can assure you  that there was far more to accomplishing 
this than “point and click”  skills.  Did using the Cluster help make my 
score higher than if I did  not use it?  Yes.  Have you noticed that most new 
contesters look at  their final score as the metric for success.  A higher 
score is  considered “better.”



Anyone  who has been licensed in the  past 15 years does not know ham radio 
DXing and contesting without the  availability of the DX Cluster via the 
Internet.  It is as natural to  them as learning CW was for those who started 
back in the days of the Novice  license.  We all tend to favor what we first 
learned or grew up  with.  But, that doesn’t mean those who come later have 
to conform to  what was done before.



With the exception of ARRL, CQ and the  Scandinavian Activity Contest, the 
rest of the world’s contest organizers have  moved on and allow single 
operators to use the Cluster if they want.  It  doesn’t make contesting any less 
fun for the  participants.





Randy, K5ZD





From:  Radio K0HB [mailto:kzerohb at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014  5:00 AM
To: k5zd at charter.net
Cc: sawyered at earthlink.net; Stan Stockton;  cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WRTC2018  Qualifying



That is truly tragic as it favors "point and click"  skills over "radioman" 
skills.



73, de Hans,  K0HB






On Monday, Dec 1, 2014 at 21:50, Randy  Thompson K5ZD <k5zd at charter.net>, 
wrote:





The  surprise for me is that Assisted scores are compared against 
Unassisted.  
This really says that if you want maximum points, you have to plan on  
working Assisted. 

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