Paul is correct. Read the rules of the category. The word "assisted"
leads to a multi-annual festival of confusion about whether assistance
makes you Assisted. It does not.
The problem is in the choice of name of the category and that is why the
ARRL changed the name of the category from Assisted to Unlimited. The
determining factor is what information is allowed to cross the boundary
of the station and in what form. It has nothing to do with whether you
use databases or other means of selecting call signs.
73, Ward N0AX
On 11/23/2015 11:18 PM, cq-contest-request@contesting.com wrote:
Using Super Check Partial makes you assisted category in a contest.
No - all relevant technology assists. In essence, what distinguishes
"assisted" from "unassisted" is that you connect to external networks,
typically the cluster or RBN, to improve your score - benefiting from
real-time spotting information from other operators or from remote
receivers.
When you're not connected (and not using CW skimmer), you're unassisted.
Rather than Assisted and Unassisted, the terms should be Connected and
Unconnected. Seems obvious to me:-)
Paul EI5DI
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