[CQ-Contest] Rule Changes for the CQ WW WPX SSB and CW Contests in 2

[dimitri]

Hi guys,

Mike (and others), sorry for my bad English but I don't understand your comments...

The new rules DO NOT says that you must be assisted but ONLY that the categories are mixed.
So, when we know that to win a WPX, you must RUN, RUN and RUN again, and than the top scores were from un-assisted stations (most of the time), you still have the possibility to stay unassisted with a SO2R setup while entering SO category during 36 hours and, normally you will have more chance to win than an assisted operator ;-)

For those who like to enter the Classic category, you can take part 36 hours (but only the first 24 hours will count for the score) !

73 de Dimitri F4DSK



Le 17 nov. 2020 à 19:28, à 19:28, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> a écrit:
>Bud & Everyone—de Mike VE9AA
>
> 
>
>I’ve only submitted logs for ‘WPX since 1997-before that I couldn’t be
>bothered with fumbling with paper or mailing floppy disks.
>
> 
>
>All my efforts in ‘WPX for the past 23 years though have been
>UNassisted,
>(with the exception of a 2012 10M-only effort, where I presume I was
>hoping
>to hunt 10M DXCC countries when we still had a few sunspots popping up
>(remember those?). 
>
> 
>
>The majority of my efforts are seemingly split between a 15-17hour
>effort
>and then a lot of them are in the 29-36hr range
>.presumably based on
>how I
>was feeling or how it was going, other responsibilities etc.
>
> 
>
>That being said, it’s a sad day when perceived (or real) cheaters now
>get to
>dictate that to be competitive I *HAVE* to operate assisted or curtail
>my
>efforts at an arbitrary 24hr cutoff <and be deprived of SO2R if I
>choose to
>use it>.( I am about a 50%er SO2R guy)
>
> 
>
>I would hazard that about ½ of us like to do UNassisted,. so why should
>we
>be made to pay for the ones who cheat (or like to do assisted efforts)?
>
> 
>
>Makes no sense to me.  Hal W1NN brings up some good points. (I’ve
>copied his
>comments below my signature line.)
>
> 
>
>With respect
>
> 
>
>Mike VE9AA
>
>CU (all of a sudden) in the next one.
>
> 
>
>Keswick Ridge, NB
>
> 
>
>de W1NN
>
>
>From: 
>
>Hal Offutt <hal at japancorporateresearch.com
><mailto:hal%40japancorporateresearch.com> >
>
> 
>
>Every time this subject comes up here, the overwhelming response is: 
>Leave
>the Unassisted category alone. 
>
> 
>
>Why hasn't this message been received?
>
> 
>
>Why must we wake up to discover that unidentified persons have suddenly
>changed the rules we have followed for years without the slightest
>effort to
>check with participants?  That's not the way things are supposed to
>work in
>today's world.  Ever heard of stakeholders? 
>
> 
>
>This contest belongs to all of us, not just to the current managers and
>whoever else happens to be on the inside now.  Yes, some of you put in
>countless hours to manage this event and produce the results and we are
>very
>appreciative.  But this should not give you license to change important
>rules willy-nilly.  We participants - and especially those of us who
>have
>been regular full-time operators - make this contest what it is and our
>opinions ought to matter. 
>
> 
>
>The results of the WPX contest indicate a very clear preference for
>unassisted operating among single op entrants.  In both the SSB and CW
>weekends, a substantial majority of logs submitted by single ops have
>been
>in the Unassisted category every single year for the past 10 years. 
>Over
>the past five years, 54-57% of CW single ops were unassisted, while for
>SSB
>the numbers were 62-63%.  Among US ops, the preference for Unassisted
>versus
>Assisted is even stronger.  There is absolutely no mandate or
>justification
>for making this change. 
>
> 
>
>The points made by EI1DI (below) are spot on.  They are worth reading
>again.
>
> 
>
>Please reconsider this incomprehensible decision.
>
> 
>
>73, Hal W1NN
>
> 
>
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