Comments inline.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 01/28/2013 05:52 PM, Martin , LU5DX wrote:
Sorry Steve.
Your arguments do either 1) defy logic or 2) are poor resoning for not
combining the categories. See my comments below.
"...Written from the viewpoint of someone who is always on the
receiving-end of 48 hour pileups. For the other 99% of us, combining the
two categories does not increase our operating pleasure, nor does it
lead to a feeling of satisfaction for a job well done when it is over.
It just means more frustration as we spend the weekend mouse-clicking
from one huge pileup to the next huge pileup...."
Nobody forces you to use packet assistance if categories are merged.
You can continue to operate as you please. In fact, most juicy
multipliers are found by just tuning up and down the band and you
usually spend less time calling the DX than if you jump on a packet
generated pile up.
At least in the USA, if you want to win in the combined category, you
will absolutely need to use packet assistance. And before you and others
tell me that historically, the top unassisted scores have been higher
than the assisted scores, let me make a comment that is certain to
offend some readers. In the USA, almost without exception, the best
operators, using the best equipped stations operate unassisted. That is
the reason they have higher scores than the assisted stations. When a
great operator, using a great station, operates in the assisted
category, they always outscore the top unassisted station. Since you
want data to back up my assertions, here it is:
CQWW CW 2012
USA SOAB HP
K3CR(LZ4AX) 4628 172 578 48 10,097,250 NCC
K0DQ(@WW1WW) 4637 166 581 45 10,008,306 PVRC
USA SOAB(A) HP
K5ZD 4659 167 631 42 10,745,868 YCCC
And Randy did this operating 42 hours, not 45 or 48 hours.
CQWW SSB 2011
USA SOAB HP
K1DG SO HP ALL 9,459,060 4,699 166 558 41.3
USA SOAB(A) HP
NN3W SA HP ALL 11,828,236 4,921 185 683 44.7 @N3HBX
222 more QSO's and a whopping 144 more multipliers !
"....Only because there is cheating by assisted operators who claim to
be unassisted. However, as you point out in your next assertion, they
are being caught..."
No. They are not being caught. And there is no way to determine if a
contester has used a DX cluster to take advantage of 1, 10 or 30 mults
over the weekend. Pretending that is possible to a 100 % is not serious.
That is not what Tonno, ES5TV, a recent member of the CQWW Contest
Committee says in his posting.
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