[CQ-Contest] ARRL to allow self-spotting in contests

[Ed K1EP]

You will have to S&P in the non-assisted category, as all the assisted ops
will be chasing all the thousands of spots and not turning the knob to find
you.

reply to: K1EP at arrl.net

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 15:36 John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just don't enter the assisted category and it is business as usual.
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 11:36 AM Mike VE9AA ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca <
> ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
> > So to be competitive I now have to employ: "..use of online and other
> > non-amateur radio
> > platforms including but not limited to social media, live video
> > streaming, and
> > internet chat rooms ..." ?
> >
> > This is not radio anymore.  I *DO* like the idea of especially QRP & LP
> > SSB and antenna or location constrained ops to have the ability to self
> > spot...Say, once every 10minutes or something, but this goes waaaaay
> > beyond this and makes it a popularity and social media experiment.
> > (the RBN already does this automatically for CW and RTTY)
> >
> > Shame.
> >
> > Mike VE9AA
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