I totaly agree
I always fight for that on CQ Committee
73
Oms PY5EG
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De: CQ-Contest em nome de Martin , LU5DX
Enviada: sáb 26/1/2013 01:17
Para: k5zd@charter.net
Cc: Pete Smith N4ZR; cq-contest@contesting.com
Assunto: Re: [CQ-Contest] Non-assisted & Assisted
Amen!!!!!!!
Vy 73.
Martin, LU5DX
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd@charter.net>wrote:
> For these contests where there is no assisted category, instead of making
> yet another category, why not just allow single ops to use assistance?!
>
> Anyone licensed in the last 15 years has never experienced life without the
> DX Cluster. Perhaps it is time to accept this as it is - the new normal.
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> > Pete Smith N4ZR
> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:32 PM
> > To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Non-assisted & Assisted
> >
> > What Rich says is correct. I would just add that the ARRL 10 and 160
> > contests are severely anachronistic in this respect. Nobody is
> > suggesting that assistance be allowed for "pure" single-ops, but surely
> > there should be a SOA category in these contests. That there is not dates
> > back to the earliest days of DX clusters. To my knowledge, nobody has
> > advanced a reason for keeping the status quo.
> >
> > I have been in correspondence with the CAC and various directors about
> > this, and one told me that action might be taken in the January ARRL
> > Board meeting, which has just taken place. Why it requires a decision at
> > that level is beyond me, but that's what we have. Now waiting for
> > detailed minutes to learn what, if anything, was done.
> >
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
> > Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
> > http://reversebeacon.net <http://reversebeacon.net/> ,
> > blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com.
> > For spots, please go to your favorite
> > ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.
> >
> > On 1/25/2013 8:51 AM, Richard DiDonna NN3W wrote:
> > > Usually if it says nothing, the assumption is that you must classify
> > yourself as multi-single as the single operator rules have language about
> > the -operator- doing all of the activity.
> > >
> > > ARRL 160 and ARRL 10 do not have separate assisted categories -
> > necessitating that assisted ops enter as multi single entries.
> > >
> > > 73 Rich NN3W
> > >
> > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
> > >
> > > ----- Reply message -----
> > > From: Ktfrog007@aol.com
> > > Date: Fri, Jan 25, 2013 7:30 am
> > > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Non-assisted & Assisted
> > > To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> > >
> > > If a contest's rules say nothing about Assisted operation, does that
> > > mean it's allowed without restriction?
> > >
> > > Note that Single-Op has no uniform definition. For example, in the
> > > ARRL RTTY Roundup, Single-Ops cannot be Assisted, while in the CQ WPX
> > > RTTY everyone can operate Assisted.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > > Kermit (Ken) AB1J
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