[CQ-Contest] Packet killed single Op

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That is easy.  However, holding your running freq while doing  that is not .
 
73  Bill
 
In a message dated 11/29/2016 4:09:28 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,  
kzerohb at gmail.com writes:

I've  tried it.

Point.

Click.

Fie Nigh Foe.

Difficult  indeed.


On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 08:56 Jukka Klemola  <jpklemola at gmail.com> wrote:

> Assisted is easy only to such  guys who have not tried assisted.
>
> Assisted is much more  difficult than classic.
> Very Much.
>
>
> 73,
>  Jukka OH6LI
>
> 2016-11-29 3:13 GMT+02:00 Bill via CQ-Contest  
<cq-contest at contesting.com>:
>
> > Assisted is not that  easy for a competitive station.  While  you are
> > running  on 14.030,  you must time your CQs and replies to guys   
calling
> > you to the
> > guy who's CQing on 21025.   You have to time your calls  to the station 
on
> > 21025, make  the Q and send the exchange very quickly so you  don't 
loose
> >  your
> > run freq.  it can be a challenge, even for big   stations.  It's true 
for
> CW
> > and SSB and just about  all  contests.
> >
> > Bill K4XS/KH7XS
>  >
> >
> > In a message dated 11/29/2016 12:37:16 A.M.  Coordinated Universal Ti,
> > artboyars at gmail.com writes:
>  >
> > I've  complained here repeatedly (ad nauseam, you might  say) about how
> > "assisted"  has changed single op.  This  year in SS, both CW and SSB,  
I
> > experienced it  clearly.  Several times I would find a nice juicy
> >  multiplier
> > early in his operation, and I'd jump into the pile  with my  little
> signal.
> > If I got beaten more than  twice, it was all over. The "spot"  would go
> out,
> >  all the HP point-and-clickers would jump in, and the pileup  would  
become
> > unmanageable. (A couple of times the rare mult CQer did  hang  in long
> > enough
> > for me to come back 20 or  30 minutes later and make a  QSO.)
> >
> > The same  effect happens with "new" non-mult QSOs, but I guess I  don't
>  > notice so much when I get packet-ed out of my umpteenth OH or SCV  as
> when
> > I
> > miss the NL or SB or EWA that I  found giving out number  4.
> >
> > Now, maybe you find  "assisted" more fun than classic single op.  That's
> OK,
>  > and having that category reported in the Results is OK,  too.   But 
PLEASE
> > don't think that the two categories should be   merged.  I do not know
> what
> > special skills are  needed for "assisted",  but they sure are nothing 
like
> > the  skills I developed for single op,  especially Little Pistol.   
(Having
> > the loudest signal in the pileup  may be a worthy  achievement, but I
> would
> > not call it an operating   skill.)
> >
> > 73, Art  K3KU
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