[CQ-Contest] Why SuperCheckPartial makes you assisted

[Ward Silver]

Paul is correct. Read the rules of the category.  The word "assisted" 
leads to a multi-annual festival of confusion about whether assistance 
makes you Assisted.  It does not.

The problem is in the choice of name of the category and that is why the 
ARRL changed the name of the category from Assisted to Unlimited.  The 
determining factor is what information is allowed to cross the boundary 
of the station and in what form.  It has nothing to do with whether you 
use databases or other means of selecting call signs.

73, Ward N0AX

On 11/23/2015 11:18 PM, cq-contest-request at contesting.com wrote:
>> Using Super Check Partial makes you assisted category in a contest.
> No - all relevant technology assists.  In essence, what distinguishes
> "assisted" from "unassisted" is that you connect to external networks,
> typically the cluster or RBN, to improve your score - benefiting from
> real-time spotting information from other operators or from remote
> receivers.
>
> When you're not connected (and not using CW skimmer), you're unassisted.
>
> Rather than Assisted and Unassisted, the terms should be Connected and
> Unconnected.  Seems obvious to me:-)  
> Paul EI5DI