[CQ-Contest] Why SuperCheckPartial makes you assisted

[Ed Muns]

SCP may make you assisted (lower-case), but it does not make you Assisted
(upper-case).  The contest rules define Assisted for us and it does not
include SCP.  Each of us can define assisted any way we want, as these
never-ending threads attest!

SCP can actually help one improve their call sign copying accuracy because
it gives immediate real-time feedback which can encourage trying harder.

Ed W0YK

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Stu
Phillips
Sent: 23 November, 2015 13:15
To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Why SuperCheckPartial makes you assisted


Posting emails likely to cause a proverbial s-storm is not my intent and
certainly not my standard MO. but my role as the maintainer of
SuperCheckPartial as well as a regular user of it in contests leave me
personally in no doubt.

Using Super Check Partial makes you assisted category in a contest.

Before you reach for the reply key to rip me a new one, let me start with a
couple of email snippets from a world class contester (who I respect greatly
BTW) reinforcing why I need to release SuperCheckPartial before this coming
weekend's CQ WW contest.

"It seems to me releasing the next SCP file a few days BEFORE CQWW CW would
make good sense and help many operators achieve a clearer log."

And.

"I hope you will reconsider since log accuracy is such an important
component in the success or failure for everyone in this event."

Emphasis added by me to make the point although no reconsideration was
required.  I do listen to feedback FWIW.

I'm sure like me you've had experience of using SCP to help pull a call sign
out of a pile up/QRM/QSB because it gives you a clue for the possible things
to listen for - of course, this can be a double edged sword as it can
convince you HEARD what you WANTED and so make a bad QLF.

How much more time do you spend verifying a call sign when it does NOT
appear in SCP versus when it does?  I know that I am doubly vigilant for a
call sign bust both on CW and Phone when the call is NOT shown in the SCP
window in my logger.  This improves my accuracy and my rate as I'm less
likely to double down on call sign verification.

In the end adherence to the letter and spirit of contest rules comes down to
individuals and their own decisions.  When it comes to the spirit of the
rules - not what's written but what one personally thinks is right, that's a
freedom of choice that I completely endorse and respect

For me going forward, I will submit my entries in the assisted category
whenever I use Super Check Partial - its clear that it helps with accuracy
and likely rate.  Just like using cluster spots or pre-fill files (another
set of thorn bushes I'm not going to touch).

Respectfully presented & 73

Stu K6TU

PS:  There will be a note going out shortly revising the SCP release
schedule to accommodate the feedback I've received (and folks difficulty in
planning ahead ;-).


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