[CQ-Contest] Why SuperCheckPartial makes you assisted

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

 Does "outside assistance" include or exclude one's spouse (or significant other, parental unit, or total stranger making a delivery from the corner deli) from providing the operator with snacks, a sandwich, or a drink?


Considering how some of the debates over "assistance" have gone over the years, the question isn't as ludicrous  (at least to some) as it ought to be.


73, ron w3wn
 

On 11/24/15, Chuck Dietz wrote:


"Outside Assistance?"


On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:52 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net> wrote:

A key point, which actually makes the discussion moot...
 

 
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but the Contest sponsors determine what assisted and unassisted are.
 

 
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The words assisted & unassisted -- the dictionary definitions that is -- and
 
the contest classifications that they are used as the labels of are not
 
necessarily the same.
 

 
The meanings of the categories/classifications, when used, may differ from
 
contest to contest.
 

 
So more often than not, the discussions end up without resolution because
 
the various participants aren't actually discussing the same thing.
 

 
I really wish a different word than "assisted" had been chosen when the
 
category was being named. Some of this heartburn might have been avoided.
 

 
73, ron w3wn
 

 

 
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