[CQ-Contest] Self-spotting explanation from CQWW blog

[Rich Assarabowski]

Mark:

Don't get me wrong, I'm in favor of keeping the single-op category, always have been.    But prohibiting self-spotting in single-op unassisted means these enforcement issues will continue to hound us ...    And if the rules are changed to allow self-spotting, how does one self-spot in single-op without the Internet?  

That was my point.

--- Rich K1CC

-----Original Message-----
From: MARK BAILEY [mailto:kd4d at comcast.net] 
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 9:05 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com; Rich Assarabowski
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Self-spotting explanation from CQWW blog

Hi Rich:

I do not agree that forcing everyone who wants to compete onto the internet ("nail in the coffin for the single operator categories") is the right answer - I think we should retain single-operator categories.

Clearly, the assisted and multi-operator categories will continue to move more and more on to the internet (self-spotting, social media, etc.).  There should continue to be single operator categories for the luddites like me who want the option to play on the radio - and these categories should prohibit self-spotting.

There may be cheating that cannot be detected, similar to the situation with power cheating and remote receivers, but that is not a sufficient reason to eliminate categories.  Otherwise, we end up with a single category: "anything goes".

73,

Mark, KD4D