CQ-Contest
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time that the contest sponsors officially identif

To: "Kevan Nason" <knason00@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time that the contest sponsors officially identify SCP as "assisted?"
From: "Radio K0HB" <kzerohb@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 08:30:06 -0800 (PST)
List-post: <cq-contest@contesting.com">mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
First, I should make clear that the contest sponsor, not me, defines "assisted" 
for their contest, so I won't call my description a "definition".  For lack of 
a better term, let's call it "personal view".


Second, I don't use a "CW to text decoder" (or a "voice to text decoder" for 
that matter), but I can envision that such a day is in my future.  




Now then, to provide my reasoning as you requested.




My personal view of assistance rests on the phrase "log-ready callsign/QRG 
information developed and sourced from outside my station".  The key components 
of that view are "outside" and "information".   

 

Conversely, if I develop the callsign/QRG information with tools INSIDE my 
station, in my personal view it should not be considered assistance.




A final key point.  You should note that my personal view considers technology 
used inside my station to be a tool, not information.  









__73, de Hans, K0HB

"Just a Boy and His Radio"™





​

​PS:  Voice recognition technology is maturing rapidly.  Will contest sponsors 
view it as the equivalent of a CW decoder?  If not, why not?  How about RTTY 
decoders?






On Thursday, Dec 3, 2015 at 06:30, Kevan Nason <knason00@gmail.com>, wrote:
We had a brief discussion about code readers on our local
contest club reflector. Some felt the same way you do. I don’t, but would like
to understand your reasoning for thinking a code reader is not assistance. I
haven’t gotten what I see as a reasonable explanation yet, but am still open to
listening.
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>