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by NQ3X on May 2, 2013	Mail this to a friend!
Oooooh, boy. Let me get some popcorn, because this ought to be interesting.

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by N1UR on May 10, 2013	Mail this to a friend!
Jose, I respect your contesting but not your opinion. The migration from paper logs to SO2R did not add 3rd party information to the operator suite, it immensely improved the single party obtained information efficiency. SDR is code for internet generated information from around the world from other parties. If your argument was SOLELY for SDR located at the operator station within the 500m circle, it might be credible. But using RBNs and cluster feeds, it is not. The SDR on site only is a much higher bar to cross on this argument. I am personally against it. But at least the information obtained is processed and located at the operator location. I guess the feeling is that if machines do all the work...at what point does the fun go away? Personally, I like being needed in the process. Ed N1UR

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by ve6ex on May 13, 2013	Mail this to a friend!
Great topic !!! I operate in the so -called paper class (never have used paper).. The Sdr/so2r classes are of the deep pockets land barons. I've done so2r as a guest op and don't really see any extra skill needed... at least for me. It was all higher rate and bigger scores that the simple single op/stn/ant/ city based setup could'nt hope to match...It's (so2r/sdr) all about big property; stacks, towers and lots of big money hardware that somebody else pays for, (that the city dweller could'nt possibly compete with..) Very few towers in town any more... I currently operate with a tribander on a roof mount and wires in the trees for the low bands. I don't have the internet (other than Wi Fi in town) and use Dos logging; simple setup. Technology is fine and good if it competes classed with others of the same "ilk ". That is not the case. I see the so2r/ sdr stations as a single op version of a multi and a very small percentage of the contesting community...maybe 2% or less. There is no point in comparing the ham op from home with the other two. Doing the contest is great, but even entering is hardly worth while for many. Cheers, Dan VE6EX..

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by VE5ZX on January 22, 2014	Mail this to a friend!
Great article. It won't be long now before assisted is accepted as the normal way of operating a contest. Eventually, the 'classic' unassisted will pass as did the dinosaur leaving only its remnants. I hope the change takes place before my contesting days are over and I am merely a pile of remnants too. Syl - VE5ZX

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by KT8K on March 27, 2014	Mail this to a friend!
Personally and as a home station contester I hope the current categorization will continue, with both non-assisted "paper-loggers" and assisted competitors allowed but not competing with each other. Contesting is better when the fun is maximized for everyone. I may try SO2R operation, and may perhaps someday equip myself with SDR multi-band scanning (I have a panadaptor for the current band now). The distinctions aren't quite as clear to me as the author describes but I'll do what I can afford if it enhances the fun, and (the bottom line) I love the competition. Hope to C U all in my contest log soon!

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