[CQ-Contest] Unassisted, SK?

[Steve Lott]

I agree with how you and others feel about it.....

in the fact that "they have taken away the category" you want to use and
have always used

But they added the category I want to use,  *and yes they should have added
one without deleting the other*

Very well stated David !

steve
KG5VK


http://www.KG5VK.com
My Ham Radio Friends


On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:29 AM, David Siddall <hhamwv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This thread seems to have gone astray.  Both assisted and non-assisted
> category ops were credited for both the 2010 and 2014 WRTCs, and will
> continue to be for the 2018 qualifying process.  Assisted is NOT a
> qualifying category being added for the first time.  Rather, the discussion
> relates to appropriate weighting of assisted and unassisted for a WRTC
> competition that itself will test only unassisted operating.
>
> 73,  Dave K3ZJ
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Steve Lott <lottsphoto at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> "We should be able to determine which technologies we want and don't want
>> to use ourselves. If you want to use spotting, by all means! I welcome the
>> addition of those categories. People who enjoy the thrill of the hunt
>> themselves should have that sandbox to play in as well, without feeling
>> like they MUST use spots to stay competitive."
>>
>> "Wanting an unassisted class is not the same as wanting to take your
>> assistance away. "
>>
>> 73, Kelly
>> ve4xt
>>
>>
>> Kelly,
>>
>> I agree with how you and others feel about it.....
>>
>> in the fact that "they have taken away the category" you want to use and
>> have always used
>>
>> But they added the category I want to use,  *and yes they should have
>> added
>> one without deleting the other*
>> but their view was that would make the scoring much more complicated
>>
>> So now the SO guys are suffering from some of what the ones that
>> fairly placed them self in Multi-OP because they were using spotting
>>
>> IOW I understand your pain, but am again glad they are allowing SOA
>> it would have been very nice to not eliminate the traditional category of
>> SO
>>
>> I wondering if the scoring was really going to be that big of a pain with
>> a
>> new category
>> but again they are the sponsor and that is their choice.
>>
>> Who knows in 8 years it may be we all are sitting at the hoist hotel and
>> playing through
>> connected servers to one or more antenna farms for equal playing field
>> seems I saw a discussion of that in recent past.
>>
>> For now, happy holidays !
>>
>> Cheers!
>> steve
>> KG5VK
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