[CQ-Contest] Assisted

[N4ZR]

I think this is being made a lot more complicated than it needs to be.  
What's wrong with Single Op, SO Assisted, Multi-Single and Multi-multi 
(the latter two both assisted)?.  There are more than a few contests 
that use this classification without any apparent ill effects. Throwing 
SO (assisted) into Multi-2 (???) is clearly an anachronism.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 8/15/2018 9:51 PM, Jeff Clarke wrote:
> So why do we have to group everyone in the same category? I find it more satisfying to find my own QSO's and multipliers vs having everything fed to me via spots. It almost seems like catching fish from a barrel which I don't find very challenging.
> For those who like to operate this way keep doing it. I still want your QSO and if this is what keeps you interested in contesting all the power to you! But don't force me to be in an assisted category
> BTW I have many older contesting friends that don't want to embrace technology and avoid it if they can. They use antiquated equipment because that's what they are comfortable with.
> Jeff
>
>
> Jeff ClarkeInformation Technology Professional Ellerslie, Georgia
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> -------- Original message --------From: Larry via CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com> Date: 8/15/18  3:39 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Assisted
> Unassisted is an antiquated contest catagory. It should be eliminated. I have heard all of the arguments in favor of keeping it and, in my opinion none make any sense.
>
> Let's all be assisted and have more fun!
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> Larry
> N7DD
>
> Sent by Larry
>
> On Aug 15, 2018, at 12:41 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
> Pretty much *anything* can be considered "assistance" if you take it to the
> extreme.
>
> There are a lot of extremists on this list.
>
>
>
> EX: You put on fresh underwear before you sat down to operate and now feel
> great and thus so you're at a distink<sic> advantage over Mr. Stinky Drawers
> across town who's washing machine broke down a week ago.
>
>
>
> Look guys..when it gets down to it..anything that can provide callsign and
> frequency information
>
> (IE: ZS1ABC is on 14.001) in more or less real time can be considered true
> 'assistance'.
>
>
>
> Those who bellyache about SCP crack me up. If I type in K1Z and K1ZM and
> K1ZZ (and 24 2-letter other combos) (way more if it maybe was a 3 letter
> sfx) come up on my "Super Check Partial" box, there is no way that is going
> to make the decision as to who it was I just heard.  Only thing that will
> decide that is my brain.
>
>
>
> Since I am not a touch typist, the SCP just saves me a little typing here
> and there.
>
>
>
> Now everyone go put on their (fresh) big boy pants and get back to the
> radio.
>
>
>
> Mike VE9Assistance Assistance.
>
>
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
>
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