Tree, I must disagree. The facts and figures from contests don't support your
claim that assisted ops routinely have higher scores.
UN-assisted operators typically score BETTER - not worse than assisted.
The UN-assisted don't win everytime - but they come very close.
Just look at the top claimed scores on 3830 from the major contests in 2006:
CQ WW SSB 2006
USA SOAB HP
NN3W(@N3HBX) 3019 136 474 5,042,260
USA SOAB(A) HP
WE3C 2076 148 548 4,000,608
USA SOAB LP
N1UR 1094 92 333 1,279,675
USA SOAB(A) LP
K1BX 1267 104 373 1,691,919
CQ WW CW 2006
USA SOAB HP
K5ZD 4133 159 537 8,233,680
USA SOAB(A) HP
KI1G 3295 167 614 7,324,218
USA SOAB LP
N1UR 1800 116 380 2,524,532
USA SOAB(A) LP
K1BX 1615 122 429 2,541,212
NOV SS CW 2006
Single Op HP
WP3R(KE3Q) 1571 80 250,720
SO Unlimited HP
K6LL 1344 80 215,040
Single Op LP
K0EU 1247 80 199,520
SO Unlimited LP
K7RE 926 80 148,160
NOV SS SSB 2006
Single Op HP
WP3R(KE3Q) 2331 80 372,960
SO Unlimited HP
K7RL 1817 80 290,720
Single Op LP
K0UK 1326 80 212,160
SO Unlimited LP
K4EJ(@WK2G) 861 80 137,760
CQ WPX CW - 2006
USA SOAB HP
WC1M(@KT1V) 3003 908 8,736,776
USA SO(A)AB HP
K3WW 2409 815 6,216,005
USA SOAB LP
NV1N(N1UR) 1968 725 4,109,300
USA SO(A)AB LP
N4BAA 800 468 1,023,984
CQ WPX SSB - 2006
USA SOAB HP
K3ZO 2473 908 6,388,688
USA SO(A)AB HP
NY6DX(@W2WHP) 2139 899 5,011,925
USA SOAB LP
NV1N(N1UR) 1450 669 2,211,045
USA SO(A)AB LP
AB4GG 723 393 642,162
The other day I screwed up in my post - so I will say it the right way this
time.
If I could bet on a contest, I would bet the UN-assisted ops every time -
because
they routinely post higher scores than the assisted ops. Just look at the
standings
when you combine the assisted and UN-assisted single op categories from ARRL DX.
ARRL SSB 06 HP - highest assisted finish was 14th - 5 assisted in top 20
ARRL SSB 05 HP - highest assisted finish was 6th - - 7 assisted in top 20
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ARRL SSB 06 LP - highest assisted finish was 5th - 5 assisted in top 20
ARRL SSB 05 LP - highest assisted finish was 4th - 2 assisted in top 20
ARRL CW 06 HP - highest assisted finish was 1st - 7 assisted in top 20
ARRL CW 05 HP - highest assisted finish was 1st - 6 assisted in top 20
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ARRL CW 06 LP - highest assisted finish was 11th - 3 assisted in top 20
ARRL CW 05 LP - highest assisted finish was 16th - 1 assisted in top 20
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