[CQ-Contest] ID in NAQP

K9MA k9ma at sdellington.us
Tue Aug 20 14:56:19 EDT 2024


Because the assisted category was recently added to NAQP, possibly leading some operators to assume their callers would just get their calls from spots. 

73,
Scott K9MA 
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Scott Ellington

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> On Aug 20, 2024, at 7:13 AM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
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> On 8/19/2024 1:43 PM, Jeff Clarke wrote:
>> Why single out NAQP only now?
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> Because NAQP was established many years ago as a low power, unassisted contest, which established its character. Most of us liked it that way -- Rules favored the little guns. Now, we see it becoming just like any other contest, with  Rules favoring the best stations, and the worst of them abusing good operating practice. Spotting HAS, sadly, changed the nature of this contest, and not for the better.
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> 73, Jim K9YC
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