[CQ-Contest] NAQP CW - Rules Changes Needed

[Steve London]

There is already a de facto single-op, assisted category. It's all the M/2
entries that are listed with a single callsign. If someone wants to create
a website to break out those entries and send plaques and/or certificates,
go for it.

73,
Steve, N2IC

On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 3:46 PM Drew Vonada-Smith <drew at whisperingwoods.org>
wrote:

> If the majority of operators feel the same way about NAQP, then I suppose
> a change would be justified.  My interests do not take priority over
> others'.  But I'd put a much different spin on the conversation.  The idea
> is not to punitively force assisted into M2, the idea is to have a contest
> that generally does not use assistance.  I am glad that there are still a
> few of these around, just like Stew Perry.  There are certainly plenty
> which include assistance.   Low power and no assistance is what makes this
> contest different, and for me, fun.
>
> "Without assistance, operating becomes a deadly boring sequence of tune,
> copy, type the call in, be told it's a dupe, and repeat."
>
> That sentence really surprised me.  What one describes as boring is to me
> a core skill of contesting.  Doing this quickly *IS* contesting to me,
> particularly in most of my years with much smaller stations.  And it is
> still easier unassisted with modern logging tools, because one can maintain
> a bandmap.  (I've been surprised to find how many folks don't do this.)
>
> I really hope we don't make all contests the same in these regards.
>
> 73,
> Drew K3PA
>
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> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 08:21:05 -0400
> From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com>
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> Now that this running is behind us, the organizers need to seriously
> consider a change in the rules.
>
> It is unnecessary, and downright punitive, to push assisted single ops
> into Multi-2, instead of creating a separate single op assisted category.
> Many of us, with limited antennas (see HOAs) can only S&P.
> Without assistance, operating becomes a deadly boring sequence of tune,
> copy, type the call in, be told it's a dupe, and repeat.
>
> The rule now consigns assisted ops to submergence in the multi-op
> category, when it would be so simple to create a single-op assisted
> category. It's certainly not in the interest of expanding NAQP
> participation to continue punishing assisted ops this way.? Time to act!
>
> --
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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