On 16/11/2020 15:01, Bud Trench wrote:
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QSO alerting systems will now be permitted in all CQ WW WPX SSB and CW
Single Operator categories, except the Single Operator Classic Overlay
categories.
That's a weasel way of announcing that the Single Op Unassisted category
has been abolished in WPX.
This change also results in elimination of the requirement for
audio recordings.
That represents no justification whatsoever for abolishing SOU. Rather,
it's a consequence of abolishing SOU.
The drivers for combining the Single Op Assisted and
Unassisted categories include:
* Use of QSO alerting systems by single operator participants is
allowed in 70% (33 or 47) of the international DX contests recently
reviewed, including CQ WPX RTTY
Again, that does not justify anything. If 70% of entries in those 47
contests were HP, would you use that to abolish LP and QRP? If not, why
not?.
* It is becoming increasingly more difficult to draw the line between
assisted and unassisted operations as SDR technologies become more
integrated with contest software / networks
Then, you really should try harder. Is it correspondingly more
difficult to draw the line between HP and LP?
* This step further aligns CQ WW WPX SSB / CW with CQ WW WPX RTTY.
The use of QSO alerting systems in CQ WW WPX RTTY has been permitted since
the mid-1990's
You're aligning the SSB and CW events with RTTY. Why not align RTTY
with the others, and reinstate Single OP Unassisted?
The Single Operator Classic Overlay categories will continue to prohibit the
use of QSO alerting systems and should be considered by participants
preferring to be unassisted.
That is no consolation whatsoever. Further, it limits those "preferring
to be unassisted" (as you quaintly put it) to 24 hours of operation.
73,
Paul EI5DI
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