I am having trouble figuring out which suggestions are serious and which
are "tongue in cheek" on this thread.
Clearly proposals to put guys not using the internet but who happen to be
spotted by others into the "assisted" category can't be serious. On the
other hand, restricting guys who enjoy using assistance to only S&P operation
seem equally absurd.
Although not perfect, I feel the current separation into assisted and
unassisted seems to work. I applaud the ARRL for renaming the single operator
categories that INCLUDE assistance to unlimited.
Personally, I enjoy both categories. For contests in which I am making a
serious effort like ARRL SS, IARU, and RTTY RU, I prefer to operate and
compete in the unassisted category. For most DX Contests in which I am
normally
just participating (at least when operating as a single operator from my
average station), I prefer to use assistance. I hope there will continue
to be two categories in most contests.
73,
AL, K0AD
In a message dated 5/23/2016 9:23:50 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
wa5rtg@gmail.com writes:
Exactly right Hans!
And why should the opinion of anyone but the thousands who choose to
operate unassisted even be considered in whether to eliminate their category
of
choice and why do those who operate assisted even have an opinion? What is
the reason they even care? Is it because the assisted category doesn't
have the recognition they believe it deserves? It is what it is.
Can you imagine all the low and high power operators saying they want to
eliminate the QRP category saying they have concern that too many QRP
operators are really running 15 watts and not being caught? It does not
affect
them and they won't call for it.
The notion of eliminating the only category remaining where someone uses
his own skills to operate his station to make contacts in a radio contest
and require that, in order to compete, he use the internet and assistance
from others to tell him where everyone is located is TOTALLY absurd.
73... Stan, K5GO
> On May 22, 2016, at 12:50 PM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey, I got a better idea!
>
> How 'bout inverting that suggestion?
>
> Prohibit the point-and-click guys from running. Why should they have
both
> sides of the coin, being able to run and also click on the band map at
will.
>
> Sunuvagun!
>
> De Hans, K0HB [grinnin', duckin', & runnin'!]
>
>
>> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 11:51 Oliver Dröse <droese@necg.de> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Consider if a lonely Samoan native ham, running a simple rig into a
small
>>> dipole wants to make some contacts in a DX contest. Since he is rare
DX,
>>> and even if he didn't call CQ, he would get spotted in a flash. Would
you
>>> really then consider him assisted? .
>>
>> Definitely! Because of him getting spotted he can make many more QSOs
>> than us average Joe's in DL, W, PY, etc. If that isn't changing the game
>> then I don't know ... ;-)
>>
>> 73, Olli - DH8BQA
>>
>>
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