a publishing company. It would be neat to have an independent sponsor - like the Sprint used to be before the ARRL acquired NCJ. Maybe a bunch of the major contest clubs could get together to sponsor
W4PA: "There's a reason this contest has become so popular - it's REALLY HARD TO WIN. " K8MR: "It is hard to win because it is very popular." "...60 or so years ago the folks at CQ had the foresight
available to ALL catagories. It's just another contesting tool, after all. << NOT!!! It is assistance by ANOTHER operator(s)!!! Is it so hard to understand? Big difference you assembling the quipment
contest Stations operating within European IARU Region I must not solicit contacts (i.e. no CQs) between 7.040-7.100 MHz.<< WHY? CW is allowed on full bands, wall to wall, unlike phone. Yuri, K3BU.us
fewer contesters it will be even easier to keep an eye on everyone. 73 Bob K4LW << ...and have live CAM and audio going, with three judges watching. Increase penalties to 10 QSOs, have category for e
Just saw posting on TowerTalk reflector by Dennis O'Connor about the differences between vertical and horizontal antennas at http://lists.contesting.com/_towertalk/2005-11/msg00758.html He is describ
those who prefer to focus on the traditional style of contesting. One radio, no packet or telnet, one antenna per band, etc.<< Well, you have WRTC for that. Ham radio contesting is technical sport. I
the Stew Perry Top Band Challenge (just ended). I logged by using a new real-time scoring system.<< I knew we would arrive at the future of contesting - real-time scoring system! When I saw the opera
officially in a contest, then you don't need to follow the rules of the contest. Why would you? If I am not sending in a log for a contest with mandatory off-time, why would I need to take off time.
unlike some contests, does not specify where it must begin. But if you're not entering the contest, you don't have to follow that rule, either.<< Quo Vadis Ham Radio? What is happening to the good ol
ahead of time, the penalties for being a singleband effort or part of a MM crew and so forth. If guys know ahead of time what the scoring grid looks like, there should be less griping about the selec
Let me shed some light on LP and QRP. First, I have tried (or been forced by circumstances) to operate LP (N2EE 10 and 40m from Cape Hatteras, NC) and some QRP (160m) in the contests, mainly to test
I'm sure it would be better to have a permanent Rating Point system in place so that we can plan our participation and continually update our rankings. Perhaps the WRTC2006 system is a step towards t
system is that folks have entered categories and scores for operations conducted outside of the region that they've entered as a contestant. It seems strange when one tries to apply their results fro
March QST, I can't imagine why a contester would buy one of these, even given the adoring subjective comments by the ARRL reviewers. << Too much money in the radio fund? Or craving for nice piece of
to penalize inaccuracy and the ever increasing score reduction penalties may be backfiring with increased tampering of logs by the entrants made possible by the widespread availability of post contes
Recent commotion about no sunspots and that we hit the bottom of the cycle made it to the media. See the article at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/06mar_solarminimum.htm?list196201 and about
(1) There are no rules. (2) K1DG always wins.<< Another milestone in contesting! The progress can be followed in real time on the live Interham scoreboard two hours before the contest. Dan Rather and