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

[Jamie WW3S]

the low power guys DO have a chance.....its called timing, propagation, 
improving your station......I was LP for years, still am in most 
instances.....it makes you a better op......now Sunday, lets say in ARRL 
DX, that rare African gets spotted, and the pile up is huge.....doe LP 
have a chance? Yes, but obviously not as good as if they ran 2 KW into 4 
over 4 over 4........but...timing, XIT, all can make a difference......I 
guess what I am trying to say is, adding the ability to self spot or 
stream, doesnt change what happens during that African DX pileup.....

------ Original Message ------
From: "Ed K1EP" <k1ep.list at gmail.com>
To: k9yc at arrl.net
Cc: "cq Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: 2/17/2022 8:12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL to allow self-spotting in contests

>That is true. The unintended consequences of this rule change may be that
>the LP,  QRP and wire antenna stations who don't like to S&P will disappear
>in frustration. Then the internet CQers will just work other internet
>CQers. Finding and working the small stations are what makes the difference
>in your score (of that's what motivates you).
>
>reply to: K1EP at arrl.net
>
>On Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 01:05 Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
>>  On 2/16/2022 6:11 PM, rjairam at gmail.com wrote:
>>  > But I’m glad we kept unassisted, so those who desire legacy contesting
>>  have
>>  > their sandbox to play in.
>>
>>  But they don't, unless they have a station able to bust through pileups
>>  after the crowd has arrived. These little guns need to find stations to
>>  work that. What big time contesters fail to realize is that all those
>>  little guns they need to work don't have that capability, and eventually
>>  they get tired of endlessly getting beat in those pileups and find
>>  something more satisfying to do.
>>
>>  73, Jim K9YC
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