Is ARRL planning on doing that?

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Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 11/23/2020 8:31 PM, Hans Brakob wrote:

If you follow the cq-contest reflector, you know of CQ’s conclusion that non-assisted operators no longer warrant full recognition as a standalone category their magazines’ WPX contest.

 

Using a non-scientific polling method (I copied what they sent me) I recorded the preferences of 1,338 stations in the recent two weekends of the ARRL SweepStakes competition.

 

827 (62%) of the respondents (those who sent me A, B, or Q) indicated that their preference is non-assisted operation. 

509 (38%) of the respondents (those who sent me U or M) indicated that their preference is to operate with assistance.

 

Do you suppose that ARRL ought to disestablish A, B, and Q, and push those 62% of their participants into U, a category they have so far chosen not to enter?