[UK-CONTEST] SO or is it SO

[Roger Western]

Contest organisers are reacting to the growing trend over recent years 
towards use of assistance, i.e. DX Cluster, further encouraged recently by 
RBN. Reverse logic: instead of Assistance being the exception to the rule it 
is nowadays non-Assisted that is the minority. When CQWW asks: "Were you 
indeed non-Assisted?" some two-thirds reply that they were Assisted, sorry 
for the mistake. A number of disqualifications have resulted. Minor steps 
might help: for example set the Cabrillo default to Assisted so that 
non-Assisteds have to edit the change, rather than the other way around.

Maybe we could rename 'Single Operator' as 'Single Operator Classic', to 
more clearly define this category as non-Assisted. Note that an in-shack 
Skimmer is NOT outside assistance - it is just clever technology. For 
contests which do not differentiate then Assisted is the norm nowadays. In 
many cases Assistance it does not give competitive advantage. It's often 
referred to as 'Single Operator Distracted'. So, it's really about 
enjoyment, within the rules: the current default (non-Assisted) bans use of 
tools which add to the fun for many!
73 de Roger/G3SXW.




-----Original Message----- 
From: Ken Chandler
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 12:57 PM
To: Clive GM3POI
Cc: UK-Contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] SO or is it SO

Ummm, thats not good info Clive, wish you posted this earlier!!! I put in a 
serious effort for nothing then.
Why o why not state this in the rules, nothing what so ever on rbn skimmer 
use.
No point in sending in my log now I guess!!
Nearly 800 QSO's unassisted category or so i thought....not happy.

Ken..G0ORH

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On 7 Aug 2011, at 12:32, Clive GM3POI <gm3poi2 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> It appears that a number of organisers of Contests are changing the
> meaning of SO as a category. Yesterday saw the EU Hf Championships held
> by the SCC see: http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/euhf/euhfcrules.htm
>    It appears that in this contest you are allowed to use the cluster and
> RBN/Skimmer (I got this from S57AW the Organiser).
>    It would seem that all Contest Clubs should really show this to read SO
> assisted. Perhaps there should now be a truly international standard
> that all contests sign up too.
> 73 Clive GM3POI
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