[CQ-Contest] Rule Changes for the CQ WW WPX SSB and CW Contests in 2021 (RE: OH1NOA reply)

[Douglas Zwiebel]

Timo sed:

I don't understand this at all as same time this contest has
> Classic-overlay. Do they mean that: "Classic overlay is a whismy and not a
> real class and is not needed to check for cheating"?
>

In other words, if....

It is becoming increasingly more difficult to draw the line between
assisted and unassisted operations as SDR technologies become more
integrated with contest software / networks

....why have any category or overlay which still includes "no assistance?"

This is a great question by Timo.

I have not been more than a casual and occasional entrant in WPX contests
after 2000, except for this year on CW, but I still have a strong interest
in the topic.

While I have been a member of the CQWW SSB/CW committee for over 40 years,
including a short stint as director, and I was also involved in WPX log
checking this year, my comments in no way should be construed to reflect
any official thinking on this topic.  These are MY comments.

I have noted that when comparing the assisted vs not-assisted categories in
WPX contests, that there is not a huge difference in scores/mults in the
all-band SOABHP categories for the top entrants.

Since one belief could be that "assistance doesn't matter" in terms of
score (for WPX), then that MIGHT be a reason for allowing everybody to use
assistance.

However, it is abundantly clear to me that assistance does matter for CQWW
CW/SSB because one can easily see a difference in the multiplier counts.
That is, in a contest where multipliers do not continue to happen at a high
rate, even towards the end of the contest, then there is logic to keep the
two categories in place.

de Doug KR2Q