It is quite clear that a Red card vs a Yellow Card is at the discretion of the CQ CC or Director. So either action is allowable under the current rules. For the sake of good Contest oversight though,
To WT2P: I am sorry to see someone as upset as you seem. That being said, I am happy to see all kinds of innovation and change in ham radio. There is a difference between facilitating change and stuf
I agree with Pete. Knock yourselves out with the open logs provided by CQ (kudos to them, when well ARRL join). Instead of complaining, create your own contest out of the activity with different rule
As one of the operators of the W1NVT operations for 3 of the past 5 field days, all with similar scores although I did miss the 2011 record (it was not that much bigger than the 2010 number), I can a
NOPE! In fact, even worse than that, in 2008 - 2010 when I was one of the primary CW ops, I had to go outside with a flashlight to change bands with a by hand connector change. I did not hear of anyt
Currently, I would say that based on the lackluster enthusiasm for people responding to the 24 hour survey, I think that there will be no meaningful change to the contesting experience based on addin
In a contest (not to be confused with normal casual operating), doesn't the "frequency" defined as a defined bandwidth of spectrum actually, like 7001.0 +/- 150hz or something, actually belong to who
I am simply speaking about the one example I gave. Nothing more. Role model? Hardly. Just "competing in a contest". Watch a 1/4 mile stock car race someday. You'll figure it out. Ed N1UR So, looking
My point was not to go "prowling for CQing stations" without answers and jump on them. I don't believe anyone is doing that. Certainly not commonly from what I hear. My point was that if I start CQin
Gerry, Just call it a 5A and be done with it. Then you can still demonstrate and you are not trying to "intentionally claim fewer transmitters". After all.its not a contest. What does it matter? Ed N
"BTW CQ WW rules clearly disallow RBN for Single Operators with no any Exception" Actually it doesn't. The rules state that this technology cannot be used to decode callsign and frequency information
"I also don't agree that parsing the rule to find a smidgen of a loophole is appropriate. This is not a court of law, after all. And I strongly suspect that if someone was going to try and argue that
I guess Ron and others missed this line in my last post. It is repeated here: "The rules should be written as "Don't use RBN for any purpose" if that is the point of the rule." If the intent is actua
I believe the rules should be reworded to end this debate. If the RBN should not be used for monitoring purposes, it should state so by removing it from the QSO alerting sub topic only (it can stay t
Congratulations to all the competitors chosen - by competition or team leader selection. Personally, I have never felt the selection criteria vs the actual competition has ever made sense (and have v
"And a special reminder.... There is a new overlay entry category - CLASSIC The principle features are: - 24 hours - 1 radio - No DX spotting Many CQ-Contest readers have been asking for this catego
I think the real issue, and in my opinion mistake, here is calling it an overlay category and then saying only the first 24 hours will count. By doing that, technically everyone qualifies with their
I don't remember being asked an opinion on nor providing input of any kind on the recently referenced "Contesters code of Conduct". A well intended and well meaning organization came up with it but t
As someone who has spent the past 15 years doing SO2R Low Power, I can give you a few comments from my perspective: - I find that SO2R only helps if the rhythm can be reasonably maintained between th
Using a second radio as a "spotting radio" is certainly a very fine way to start out making more efficient use of time while CQing or slow going S & P. I wouldn't call it SO2R in its typical sense bu