Well Ward looking at the 'claimed' scores for the recent NAQP CW there was plenty of spare seconds to catch raindrops. The high 'claimed' top score only averaged 1.5 Q's per minute. Sending ? and the
With all due respect David, and I mean that sincerely, What turnip truck did you fall off of? I've been at this @50 years and I've seen whiners everywhere pleading their case for a busted call and in
Barry I would like to respectfully suggest you save your response and re-visit it in 15 years. The problem W4ZV is talking about is 'Father-Time'. Unfortunately, in the long run, Father-Time is going
Mike let me give you an un-hypothetical, real world, example and why there might be a small fly in your ointment. Twice in my life, once in CA and once here in AZ, I entered what I think is about the
When contest committees change rules just for the sake of changing rules it is a real hardship for an ole-fart, like me. The changes to the CQP county abbreviations seem to have no rationale. The old
I'm the guy who started this thread and I'm still waiting, either publicly or privately, for someone to explain what was wrong with the old system. When something works so well for more than 20 years
I'm a CT person and have seen a few mis-representations here which need to be corrected. First I run, and have for years, CT on an XP SP2 machine with no problems and no work arounds. I have my FT100
Bill in the early early days of CT long before the internet we would get bug patches and fixes a day or so before the a contest. I lived in San Diego section then and Rick, N6ND, was the unofficial g
Eric you said: ""Allowing single operator stations to have more fun in contests seems beneficial to our beloved sport. And encouraging part-time participants to operate more of the contest also seems
Kelley yesterday Doug KR2Q made a posting suggesting we all go look at a scoreboard in action, so I did. There is a lot more information available other than real-time scores. There were maps display
I would like to suggest to the CQWWSSB guru's that a cut-off frequency be set for 40 meters. I think 7025 and above is more than reasonable for SSB operation during the contest. This year is worse th
It is 0330Z Sat evening and between 7040 and 7062 it is a virtual wasteland. 5T1 on 7040 and then nothing until a VE7 on 7062. Very few signals, mostly CW. A check of cluster spots also confirms this
Let me cleanup a few things here. For some unknown reason there seems to be a need to exaggerate a point without any facts other than a vivid imagination. I was very active contesting during the last
I'm not trying to level any playing field because I don't play. For several reasons I haven't operated in phone contests for years. I still operate in many CW contests. My point in starting the discu
The fly in your ointment Hans is I live in the middle of the block on 40th St. I have a 3 car garage and because of rules and regulations I have the right to drive on my street, except in a declared
Kelly there is a small fly in your ointment, actually there are 10 or 15 but I'll just point out one. Somewhere around 7265 there is a nightly net. A DX station would most likely not hear them becaus
Your chart is very interesting and informative,,, but,,, there are some hidden variables to try to factor in. I.E. My check is also 57 but it took me 9 years before my first contest, CQWW. My interes
Amen to the QRP on 160. I have done it twice, once from Calif and once from here. I never had a run either place. It was S&P all the time. It took 4 hrs on/off to snag ZF1A and 1 1/2 to snag JT1CO. B
How do you change categories during the middle of SS. I had some health issues which forced me to stop/start several time and finally quitting around 0800Z. It is now 1800Z and I feel like I give it
Kelly et al: Thank you for all your opinions. I found nothing in the rules that came close to covering this problem that is why I solicited opinions from the group. I have requested a ruling from the