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

[HA3LN]

...possible directions as next steps:

- potential "assisted" army who continuously check the bands and bombard
the participants on different channels to call the supported stn. --> it
can only be hoped that the QSO will be completed on the air I mean on
radio-waves 

- later this will be done by AI powered botnets which might reach all stns
out maximizing the QSO potential


Actually this is very sad. Not questioning the technology advancement but
FT8 made the first punch on this hobby.
This will be the second, but this time on contesting.

Myself, being a "fossil", who has no social "life" should not invest into
antenna improvements anymore but rather hire a AI development team with
social media marketing capabilities... 

Well...

73!
Csaba  HA3LN



On 2022-02-16 14:42, Alexander Teimurazov wrote:
> 
> 
>         Spotting first, then self spotting what will be next.
>   Probably allow redundant operator because 48 hours probably is quite
> difficult for Single op why not allow second operator
>   All those movements kill Single Operator category which was Most
popular
> category but some contest committess going the way to move contesting to
> computer games and kill on the same time Single op category because if
they
> will create new category it will be not popular
> 
>    73                Al 4L5A
> 
>                      
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+at=at-communication.com at contesting.com] On
Behalf
> Of Randy Thompson
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 12:23 PM
> To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] ARRL to allow self-spotting in contests
> 
>>From the ARRL Contest Update today:
> 
> "New Rules in effect for all ARRL HF Contests in June
> Starting with the ARRL International Digital Contest, in all categories
that
> allow assistance (Unlimited), the use of online and other non-amateur
radio
> platforms including but not limited to social media, live video
streaming,
> and internet chat rooms will be allowed. In all Unlimited and
Multioperator
> categories, the prohibition of self-spotting, and asking another station
to
> spot you, will also be removed."
> 
> Wow.  It was one thing for the VHF contests to allow use of chat rooms
and
> telephone calls, now this is extended to all HF contests. It should be
> interesting to see what unintended consequences result from allowing
> multi-ops and assisted competitors to spot themselves. You could spot
> yourself with every CQ if you wanted to. Or you can call people on the
phone
> and ask them to get on the air. Or send out email reminders to work you
> during the contest.
> 
> It is likely to have the most impact on SSB to produce spotting equal to
> what the RBN does for CW and RTTY.
> 
> For an organization that has always been so timid and conservative on
rule
> changes, the ARRL seems to have sprung this one without much consultation
> with the contest community.  I assume it is in reaction to the W2RE
incident
> several years ago in ARRL DX where he used live streaming on Facebook
during
> the contest.
> 
> 
> Randy K5ZD
> 
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