[CQ-Contest] Absurd Rule in NAQP

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Ed, I did it all the time in CQWW 2014.  I decided to try "classic as it 
should be" category, same time rules as Classic except assistance 
allowed.  I had my best score in 16 years, and my third best ever, 
despite operating less than 24 hours.  There are techniques which, if 
properly managed, will allow an RBN-assisted competitor to get in and 
out of those pileups. I agree that the unassisted op is likely to find a 
bigger pileup when assisted ops are allowed, by the time he gets there, 
but to me this is more a product of evolution as applied to amateur 
radio contestingthan anything to be bewailed.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/17/2016 5:07 PM, Ed Sawyer wrote:
> Pete, N4ZR stated
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> "With all, as they say, due respect, assisted operation with the RBN
>
> requires different skills, but if you have figured it out you should be
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> into and out of that pileup before it has the chance to mushroom."
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> Pete, With all due respect, you need to get out more buddy.  Try coming on
> CQ WW CW as a mildly rare mult for the first time on a new band.  And tell
> me that you are getting into and out of that pileup before it has a chance
> to mushroom.
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> The firehouse goes both ways with RBN.  As a mildly rare mult who is loud
> from Vermont in ARRL DX, I can tell you that unless you have a stack of
> monobanders and full power, you would not be getting in and out of the
> pileup on me before it mushrooms when I first come on 20, 15, or 10 on
> Saturday.
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> 73
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> Ed  N1UR
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