[CQ-Contest] CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 260, Issue 13

[Ed W0YK]

+173,Ed W0YK
-------- Original message --------From: Ron Koenig <k4akkron at gmail.com> Date: 8/21/24  16:24  (GMT-08:00) To: cq-contest at contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 260, Issue 13 Blaming poor operating on an  Assisted category is absurd. Seriously,  thistopic predates assisted by 50 - 75 years. Stop looking for a boogeyman whenit's just normal Lids.Ron, WV4POn Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 11:32 AM <cq-contest-request at contesting.com> wrote:> Send CQ-Contest mailing list submissions to>         cq-contest at contesting.com>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit>         http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to>         cq-contest-request at contesting.com>> You can reach the person managing the list at>         cq-contest-owner at contesting.com>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of CQ-Contest digest...">>> Today's Topics:>>    1. Re: ID in NAQP (K9MA)>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------->> Message: 1> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:56:19 -0500> From: K9MA <k9ma at sdellington.us>> To: k9yc at arrl.net> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ID in NAQP> Message-ID: <42911603-CA8D-49FA-B60E-57AE60516A4F at sdellington.us>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8>> 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> ---------->> Scott Ellington>>  --- via iPad>> > On Aug 20, 2024, at 7:13?AM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>> wrote:> >> > ?On 8/19/2024 1:43 PM, Jeff Clarke wrote:> >> Why single out NAQP only now?> >> > 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.> >> > 73, Jim K9YC> >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > CQ-Contest mailing list> > CQ-Contest at contesting.com> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest>>>> ------------------------------>> Subject: Digest Footer>> _______________________________________________> CQ-Contest mailing list> CQ-Contest at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest>>> ------------------------------>> End of CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 260, Issue 13> *******************************************>_______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest