[CQ-Contest] what is required of recevied audio, and whay

[David Pruett]

I have to wholeheartedly agree with the comments made by Paul, EI5DI.  
If "indistinguishable" and "unenforceable" are the criteria for 
combining single-op and single-op assisted, then lets get rid of other 
entry categories that are indistinguishable and unenforceable.

I am not anti single-op assisted; I have operated in this category on 
occasion.  But I also operate single-op unassisted - and I want to have 
the choice to compete in the category that I choose against others 
operating in similar fashion.  Take away my choice and I will not 
participate.

I fail to understand why certain people (including SOME whose opinions I 
respect) seem to think the interests of the assisted single-op are more 
important than the unassisted single-op.  The assisted category was 
created to meet the wishes of certain participants.  The unassisted 
category should be maintained to meet the wishes of those participants.

Dave, K8CC

On 3/9/2017 7:12 PM, Paul O'Kane wrote:
> On 09/03/2017 21:42, Barry wrote:
>
>> That's why other contests should follow the (now old) lead of DARC 
>> and the WAE.  Combine the two SO categories.  They're pretty much 
>> indistinguishable and unenforceable now.
>
> And that's why we should also combine the QRP, LP and HP
> categories, and combine the SO and MO categories, and do
> away with physical boundaries for stations, because they
> are all pretty much indistinguishable and unenforceable.
>
> Or maybe not?
>
> The existing differences between SO and SOA may not matter
> to W2UP, but they matter to me when, as a single-op, I do
> not use real-time spotting assistance from other operators,
> or from remote receivers (RBN) or from local multi-channel
> CW decoders.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Barry W2UP
>>
>> On 3/9/2017 12:06, Steve London wrote:
>>> I agree with Ed - it was a terrible decision to allow panadapters 
>>> and waterfalls in the unassisted category. It was obvious to me that 
>>> it wouldn't take long for bandmaps to be merged with these displays, 
>>> making unassisted and assisted indistinguishable to the 
>>> adjudicators, even with a recording. The law of unintended 
>>> consequences.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Steve, N2IC
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/09/2017 11:29 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>>> Hi Ed,
>>>>
>>>> How did you feel when you bought your first memory keyer that could be
>>>> programmed for serial numbers?  Mine was an AEA, sometime in the 
>>>> '60s, I
>>>> think. Do you use programmable memories and dupe-checking with logging
>>>> software? Or are you still sending everything with a paddle, logging
>>>> with pencil and paper, and using a paper dupe sheet like we did in the
>>>> '50s?
>>>>
>>>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>>>
>>>> On Thu,3/9/2017 9:49 AM, Ed Sawyer wrote:
>>>>> This is why panadapters and waterfalls should never have been allowed
>>>>> in the
>>>>> unassisted category.  And why I have never used them.
>>>>
>>>>
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