[CQ-Contest] It's time for an Assisted category in NAQP

[Richard Zalewski]

Third the motion.  Like the idea of assisted.  However, I also like the low
power.  One of the few tests we are all supposed to be 100w or less.


Richard
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On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 7:49 AM, Jeff Clarke <ku8e at ku8e.com> wrote:

> Not only that. For years the powers to be have been saying that having
> everyone run low power levels the playing field. Sorry but that's not true.
> In the January NAQP SSB I ran high power to prove a point. I made 860 QSO's
> in about 9 hours. The top SOLP score made 1525 QSO's.  BTW I didn't submit
> my log. The playing field isn't level because the majority of the top
> scores operate from bigger stations and they do SO2R, probably dual CQing
> on two different bands. Is that fair that someone with a smaller station
> has to be grouped into the same category? I wish more contest sponsors
> would have a tribander/wires category like they do in some of the CQ
> contests.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On 8/7/2018 09:48 AM, N4ZR wrote:
>
>> Judging by the commentary recently on various reflectors (and my own
>> experience last weekend), it is time for NAQP to institute an Assisted
>> category, rather than lumping all one-transmitter assisted stations into
>> Multi-2.  The M-2 class's band change rule makes zero sense for one
>> transmitter assisted - I'll be losing credit for some QSOs because it never
>> occurred to me that it would cover a single-transmitter competitor.
>>
>> ARRL 160 CW and ARRL 10M contests got rid of this anachronism a few years
>> ago - it's time for NAQP to follow suit.  I don't know who decides such
>> things, but trust that Chris will know who needs to take action.
>>
>>
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