Some further clarifications for ARRLDX Phone 2014.
VY2ZM SO vs. K4XS assisted
On bands where VY2ZM had a big advantage, assisted was of little help to
K4XS. You can't hear them if you can't work them. On 40 and up assisted
got the job done with the mults. VY2ZM out-Qed K4XS by 150 contacts, but
K4XS had 30 more mults(courtesy of packet).
K1TO SO vs K4XS assisted
The two stations are within 100 miles of each other. K4XS with bigger
stacks, K1TO operator 3 time winner of WRTC. K4XS multiplier totals, as you
expect, larger....by 85. Q total larger for K4XS by almost 600. While
unassisted K1TO is using time searching for mults, K4XS is either running, or
point and clicking.
Bottom line: assisted is an advantage if you know how to use it....when
to run and when to click. If it wasn't an advantage, why would so many guys
use it and then claim single op unassisted?
K4XS
In a message dated 12/12/2014 11:51:59 A.M. Coordinated Universal Ti,
wa5rtg@gmail.com writes:
Milt,
If you can imagine, there are some who want to make a case for assisted to
be a detriment to a contester's score and those who believe that make their
case by saying that there are few if any instances where the top asssited
score is as good as the unassisted score. In this case K4XS was
responding to someone who said he still could not find an instance where the
top
assisted score was better than the unassisted score. The fact that N2IC is
located in New Mexico and won the contest in the unassisted category speaks
of N2IC's operating ability but recognize that the big dogs on the East
Coast also wanted and competed for first place. IF one of them on the East
Coast had made a few hundred thousand points more and had won the contest
instead of N2IC, the situation would remain the same. The winner's score in
the assisted category was about 35% higher than the winning score for
unassisted. It is nonsensical to believe that, properly used, the assisted
category will not enahnce scores in a dramatic fashion. The only expanation
is
that the majority of the best operators want to compete in the unassisted
category.
Stan, K5GO
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Milt -- N5IA <_n5ia@zia-connection.com_
(mailto:n5ia@zia-connection.com) > wrote:
HMMMMMMM. I wonder where K4XS is located?
N2IC is located just 60.66 miles from AZ and Zone 3; the FAR, FAR west of
Zone 4, and only 320.46 miles from the nearest waters of the Pacific Ocean
(Gulf of California).
If K4XS is in Florida, as his QRZ address says he is, then his station is
ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED and FORTY miles to the east of N2IC, in the
eastern southeastern portion of Zone 3.
I find this 'comparison' to NOT be a good comparison. YMMV.
73 de Milt, N5IA
-----Original Message----- From: K4XS via CQ-Contest
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Here's one for you:
2013 CQWW SSB
K4XS SOAB Assisted: 10218476
N2IC SOAB: 7528827
K4XS
In a message dated 12/8/2014 9:33:00 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,
_vk4ts@outlook.com_ (mailto:vk4ts@outlook.com) writes:
"I still find it odd in many years I cannot recall an assisted score
beating
unassisted in a major contest. (CQWW CQWPX) "
Should say TOP score assisted beating TOP score unassisted
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(mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com) ] On Behalf Of
VK4TS Trent Sampson
Sent: Tuesday, 9 December 2014 6:56 AM
To: 'Paul O'Kane'; _cq-contest@contesting.com_
(mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com)
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Comments / FAQs on WRTC2018 qualification rules
Do you run the risk of having participation certificates when there are
too
many categories ?
Does that really find the best contesters ? Personally I don't like
cluster
use (old school) but if the rules to qualify are such then maybe I need
to
re-address my stance if I want to qualify.
I still find it odd in many years I cannot recall an assisted score
beating
unassisted in a major contest. (CQWW CQWPX)
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(mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com) ] On Behalf Of
Paul O'Kane
Sent: Tuesday, 9 December 2014 5:21 AM
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On 08/12/2014 16:40, Yuri wrote:
Putting this usually endless and useless assisted/unassisted and
single-op/multi-op discussion behind for now,
If they're so useless, why then does CQ recognise the value of having
separate categories. It's worth taking a look at
http://www.cqww.com/raw.htm?mode=cw - showing the calculated raw scores
for
CQWW CW 2014.
There are 46 categories listed, and that's without including the Classic
and
Rookie sub-categories. Is anyone complaining?
There are many reasons why CQWW is the world's most popular contest, and
the
number of categories is one of them.
This "useless discussion" is unlikely to go away, and it would be helpful
if
the WRTC2018 Committee members reconsidered their unanimous decision to
eliminate unassisted categories.
They might all be mistaken.
73,
Paul EI5DI
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