Mark:
Don't get me wrong, I'm in favor of keeping the single-op category, always have
been. But prohibiting self-spotting in single-op unassisted means these
enforcement issues will continue to hound us ... And if the rules are
changed to allow self-spotting, how does one self-spot in single-op without the
Internet?
That was my point.
--- Rich K1CC
-----Original Message-----
From: MARK BAILEY [mailto:kd4d@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 9:05 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com; Rich Assarabowski
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Self-spotting explanation from CQWW blog
Hi Rich:
I do not agree that forcing everyone who wants to compete onto the internet
("nail in the coffin for the single operator categories") is the right answer -
I think we should retain single-operator categories.
Clearly, the assisted and multi-operator categories will continue to move more
and more on to the internet (self-spotting, social media, etc.). There should
continue to be single operator categories for the luddites like me who want the
option to play on the radio - and these categories should prohibit
self-spotting.
There may be cheating that cannot be detected, similar to the situation with
power cheating and remote receivers, but that is not a sufficient reason to
eliminate categories. Otherwise, we end up with a single category: "anything
goes".
73,
Mark, KD4D
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