[CQ-Contest] Self-spotting in-debth

[Radio K0HB]

Peter, that's certainly true.  An assisted operation will result in a higher score.  That's the whole point of using assistance.




But some small/medium players (maybe even some large ones?) just want to play "solo" and have their own competition with others of that same persuasion.  We recognize that your operating style will almost certainly give you a larger score, but we aren't in competition with you.




73, de Hans, K0HB



__73, de Hans, K0HB

"Just a Boy and His Radio"™

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Peter Dougherty (W2IRT)
<contesting at w2irt.net> wrote:

> I would respectfully suggest that anybody who thinks a medium or small-sized station can attain a respectable score unassisted just by spinning the dial hasn't actually done so in the last few years. The advantage of operating assisted and using point-and-shoot over spinning the dial is easily a million points if not two. When Europe opens to the east coast on 20, and later on 15 and 10, I've picked off Qs, and especially Mults, faster than if I were to find a spot and start CQing. It's even more apparent to JA and South America in the late afternoon. I'd say 85 to 90% of the spots are accurate meaning I can attain a rate of 60-100/hr when condx are good, if I can't get a good, long run going.
> In 2015 it's crazy to expect a medium-sized station to spin the knob and operate unassisted if that station wants to have a shot at 2M or 3M. Maybe once, but not any longer. 
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> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Radio K0HB
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 4:14 PM
> To: V. Sidarau
> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Self-spotting in-debth
> Vlad, as you point out, this is an awesome feature!  I'm in favor.
> __73, de Hans, K0HB
> "Just a Boy and His Radio"™
> On Thursday, Oct 29, 2015 at 15:09, V. Sidarau <vs.lists at gmail.com>, wrote:
> The useless dead-fed bandmap may force people to forget watching spots and
> learn how to rotate a tuning dial... That's also not bad.
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