[CQ-Contest] Why SuperCheckPartial makes you assisted

[David Gilbert]

Your absurd examples have nothing to do with the EXCHANGE.  The contest 
rules require the exchange (of which the callsign is arguably the most 
important) to be completed solely by the operator and solely during the 
contest.  In my opinion, SCP ... and "Call History" files that are often 
generated by others ... fall outside of that definition.  Nothing in the 
contest rules say anything about DSP or generating your own electricity 
... they do say a lot about how you are supposed to accomplish a valid 
exchange.

This has nothing to do with "good old times addicts".   Slurs like that 
are a pretty cheap debating tactic and I'm pretty certain that my setup 
(rig, computer, software) is at least as modern as yours. It's simply a 
point of view on a spirit-of-the-rule interpretation. I've operated many 
contests in an assisted category, and I've operated even more contests 
using SCP.  I can say with some experience, though, that on occasion SCP 
helped me make a contact through QRM/QRN more quickly than I otherwise 
would have been able to do purely by myself.   I can get a fill on a the 
last letter or two of a JA callsign with greater than 90% assurance that 
it is accurate ... even if I don't hear it.

I used the term "inappropriate" in my original post.  Using SCP is 
perfectly legal in almost every contest, and as I say I've used it 
myself.  I just happen to agree with K6TU that it feels inappropriate 
when I'm operating unassisted.

Dave   AB7E



On 11/24/2015 10:22 AM, VE2TZT wrote:
> Always the same topic coming back periodically from ''old good times'' 
> addicts.
>
> Very symptomatic : ''because SCP uses information ... compiled by 
> others'' That looks pretty like the definition of a .EXE software.
>
> In this case I am assisted because :
>
> -I use a radio with some piece of software in it, which means every 
> radio made today.
> -I use a memory keyer
> -I use a computer
> -I use a logging software
> -I use a DSP
>
> Perhaps it is not enough for some, I should build my radio by myself 
> or perhaps even produce my own electricity
>
> Yes... while I am transmitting, somewhere people are working at 
> producing my electricity so they are assisting me.
>
> Not mentioning my wife bringing my sandwich during the contest that is 
> even worst that ''assisted'' we are directly jumping to ''multiop'' 
> category.
>
> Actually what you want guys is to come back to 60's just with just a 
> tube radio, a pen and sheets of paper to be allowed to enter in non 
> assisted category.
>
> BTW what about the guy who rent a station and just have to put his 
> butt in the chair ? Is he assisted ?
>
> Gilles VA2EW
>
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