[CQ-Contest] CQWW Assisted - Is it just another Urban Myth ?

[Jim George]

Yeah Stan!

At the risk of stirring up the "assisted is the only way because it's more 
modern" nest of hornets again, operating seriously in SOAB SO2R CW 
Unassisted is the main reason I maintain my high level of interest in ham 
radio, along with CW rag chewing. My radio set is in a guest house with no 
Internet, and even if it had the service, I have no interest in contests 
that combine the Internet and the radio. I may be a dying breed, but that's 
the way I feel.

Jim N3BB

At 08:11 AM 7/31/2017 -0500, Stan Stockton wrote:
>Here we go again.
>
>The answer to your question has zero relevance on whether they should be 
>combined.
>
>Do the results show  being assisted is a detriment like QRP is a detriment 
>as compared to low power. If so, it's like me saying that QRP scores don't 
>beat low power scores so why not combine those categories.
>
>If anyone thinks that SO scores would not be as good if those top 
>operators used the internet to provide them a list of multipliers to work, 
>they have no clue.  If a survey was taken of those who operate SO in 
>serious fashion the result would be they don't want them combined.
>
>I have yet to see any logical reason to eliminate the category other than 
>it is difficult to enforce the rules.
>
>73... Stan, K5GO
>
>
>
>Sent from Stan's IPhone
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>
>
> > On Jul 31, 2017, at 6:26 AM, Trent Sampson <vk4ts at outlook.com> wrote:
> >
> > The Assisted category in the CQWW is 25 years old this year;
> >
> > It was created because of the advantages" given to operators who were 
> using the spotter networks
> >
> > In all of the 25 years of assisted categories in the CQWW how many 
> times has the world SOAB (Assisted) beaten the SOAB (Unassisted) ? - It 
> is a trick question
> >
> > Based on factual information is there any reason to not combine the 
> categories ? before you answer look at the data...
> >
> >
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