[CQ-Contest] Is it time that the contest sponsors officially identify SCP as "assisted?"

[Trent Sampson]

3.2. Single Operator Unlimited: The use of spotting assistance or automated, multi-channel decoders is permitted.
This is in the upcoming ARRL 10M contest rules - I think it expresses more truly the technology employed - 
Unlimited  No holes barred - The UFC of Radio Sport !!! 
I will be signing with the usual suspects at VK4KW for the ARRL 10M in  Multi Operator Unlimited 😊
Cheers fight fans 

TrentVK4TS PO Box 275 Mooloolaba 4557 0408497550
Please note I no longer use the WIA email address where possible owing to it blocking emails from sites such as VK Logger and ARRL.

> From: widelitz at gte.net
> To: w0mu at w0mu.com; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 11:34:03 -0800
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time that the contest sponsors officially identify SCP as "assisted?"
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> W0MU hit the nail on the head. The key is the difference between an "aid"
> and "assistance."
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> IMHO, computers, keyers, voice keyers, contest loggers, SCP, code readers
> and in house skimmers are all aids. No outside person is helping increase
> your score in real time (yes, outsiders built the hardware and wrote the
> software, but they are not in your shack helping you in real time) when you
> use aids. (Yes, I know contest sponsor rules differ with my opinion. It is
> their stadium, their football, and they make the rules and if you enter
> their contest, you have to abide by their rules.)
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> You get assistance when using a spotting network.
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> 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT
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