[CQ-Contest] Proposal for keeping UNassisted category

[Ria Jairam]

I don't get why the people who want to get rid of the unassisted category
do but apparently they've salivated at the prospect for a long time. I
don't know why. Maybe they want to see if they can beat us or if we can
beat them but because we don't play in the same sandbox they didn't have a
chance? Ego stroking maybe?

I don't buy the cheating argument and in any case both assisted and
unassisted disallow self spotting which is what precipitated this
discussion. So that won't solve the self spotting problem.

I go unassisted for phone because I like to run. I'm not a cluster clicker
and I find it distracting. I have been doing assisted in CW because I have
skimmer and I wanted to give skimmer a good workout. I also can't run CW
very well. I may or may not stick to assisted with skimmer, but I have to
get better at CW running.

Anyway the powers that be probably have their mind made up and apart from
forming a new contest committee (an independent one) and making a new
contest with our rules, we are stuck with it... I hope they don't take away
unassisted but if they do I may decide to not participate in the major
contests without an unassisted category.

Ria
N2RJ
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 10:53 AM Dale Putnam <daleputnam at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Seems to me, that SO.. has become "contaminated" and, those
> "contaminating" the SO group, are joined in their efforts across the rest
> of the classes of entry. THEY know who they are, THEY know what their
> motive is, THEY don't care why theirs is only to win.
>
> The accolades bestowed upon the cheaters for winning, are very wrongly
> misplaced, not deserved, and without merit. Worth basically what it was won
> by. Who KNOWs this better than ANYONE else? THE CHEATERS!
>
>   IS it really worth it? They think so.. it matters NOT what barriers the
> rest of us jump to enter.. the cheaters will CONTINUE. NO amount of
> tweaking will fix it.
>
> HOWEVER, they.. have lost the one thing that is NEVER to be gained again.
> NEVER.
>
> They have lost my regard, my esteem for them, individually. IF and ONLY
> IF, I KNOW.
>
> The heavy handed CC action to deter cheaters is driving participation
> away. The list of known cheaters, that I have, placed in my shack, does NOT
> have any removals.. it does have additions.
>
>   Are you on that list? YOU will never know.. but you DO know the
> probability of being put on that list, and only YOU can control that.
>
>
>
> The HUGE question.. is WILL YOU????
>
>
> Have a great day,
> --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy
>
> "Actions speak louder than words"
> 1856 - Abraham Lincoln
>
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