[Mldxcc] ARRL 10 N1DID SO Mixed Mode Low Power

[Jim Venneman]

Hi Emi,
 
We haven't met yet, but I know that you are fairly new to contesting and I wanted to comment about being in the Assisted category. The main reason to run Assisted, from my point of view, is if your goal is to be part of a team effort and you want to maximize your score for that team. If your goal is something else, then running Assisted may not be the best choice.  I don't generally run single-op because I know that my fairly modest station is not going to compete well one-on-one with stations using better antennas, taller towers, or are just better operators than me. 
 
That said, I run Assisted almost all of the time for either NCCC or MLDXCC. I let my logging software, spotting assistance provider, and spotters locate new multipliers and stations that I haven't worked yet and throw them into my bandmap. I use N1MM, which shows new mults in red and sometimes green, depending on the contest, and stations that I haven't worked yet but wouldn't be new mults in blue. Stations already worked show up in grey. I've figured out a way to maximize running Assisted which I would be glad to share with you if you're interested. 
 
As for telling whether or not running Assisted improved your score, the only way to do that is to compare your results with others that made about the same number of contacts using the same power level that you did. By running Assisted, you should normally have more mults than another station running Single-OP Unassisted that made the same number of contacts.  More mults translates into a higher overall score given the same number of contacts at the same power level. You can look at the results posted on the club reflector to do that. Otherwise, you need to look at scores posted on the 3830 reflector or wait until the official results come out and compare your line score with those of other stations. If you find that by running Assisted, the number of mults that you worked was about the same as unassisted stations with around the same number of contacts, then you may benefit from tips and tricks on how to change that dynamic when running Assisted to
 improve your overall score.
 
Best of luck to you in the upcoming contests.
 
Jim
-WX6V-     


On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 7:13 AM, Robert Hess via Mldxcc <mldxcc at contesting.com> wrote:
  


Hi Emi,
You pose a good question.  Some contests organizers recognize the name one way and some another way.  In the case of the ARRL, it should be Mother Lode DX/Contest
 Club.  I verified by going to this link:
http://www.arrl.org/contest-club-list

I usually to to the contest organizer to verify how they have our club listed.  We should probably put up something on the website.  For most contests, it's Mother Lode DX/Contest Club, but not for all.
I remember submitting as Mother Load.  Gosh, did I hear about that, and that was in my first year as Prez!
BobW1RH
      From: Emileigh Starbrook <estarbrook at gmail.com>
To: MLDXCC <mldxcc at contesting.com> 
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014
 4:59 PM
Subject: [Mldxcc] ARRL 10 N1DID SO Mixed Mode Low Power
  
I had a computer crash and couldn't get on the air until Saturday Morning,
but I did better than I expected!  This was my first attempt at working
Mixed and Assisted.  I am not sure Assisted helped very much.

I assume this is logged as MOTHERLOAD DX/CONTEST CLUB - but my question is,
is there a space betwwwn DX and / and another between / and CONTEST?


Total Contacts = 315
Total Points = 107,848

Operating Period: 2014/12/13 17:02 - 2014/12/14 23:56


Total Contacts by Band and Mode:

Band      CW  Phone    Dig  Total   
   %
----      --  -----    ---  -----    ---
  10      127    188      0    315    100
            --  -----    ---  -----    ---
Total    127    188      0    315    100

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START-OF-LOG: 3.0
CREATED-BY: N3FJP's ARRL 10 Meter Contest Log 4.6
CONTEST: ARRL-10
CALLSIGN: N1DID
LOCATION: EB
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CATEGORY-POWER: LOW
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: ASSISTED
CATEGORY-BAND: 10M
CATEGORY-MODE: MIXED
CATEGORY-TIME: 24-HOURS
CATEGORY-OVERLAY: CLASSIC
CLUB: MOTHERLOAD DX/CONTEST CLUB
CLAIMED-SCORE: 107848
OPERATORS: N1DID
NAME: Emily Clarke
ADDRESS: 673 Monte Verde Ln
ADDRESS: Brentwood
ADDRESS: CA
ADDRESS: 94513
EMAIL: n1did at comcast.net

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- Jonathan Winters
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