Not really Kelly. We have already spent the 2 years having the circular arguments. Time for someone who its important to - to step up and lead. If it takes an email campaign to generate interest, the
But Hansthe contest is unfair to us W1s. We need to level the playing field so that a W1 with stacked monobanders has a chance of winning. Distance based scoring, inversely actually, would be much fa
Hans, I agree but would one other element. Find ways to tilt the playing field to my advantage and to focus efforts in those contests where the tilt is already geographically favored. WPX, IARU, SS,
N2IC won CQWW SSB from NM. If we are done with those great efforts that were fliers to the normal data, I think we can discuss more meaningful comparisons. Ed K1ZZ won SO Unlimited. It is much easier
Tom Osborne - w7why - stated "How many times has CQWW been won from NM? How many times has CQWW been won from New England? " Tom, Probably about the same number of times a W1 has won SS or NAQP. Ed N
Did anybody else feel like VY2ZM sounded "a tad light" this weekend when called? Did anyone hear me for the first time this contest season and say - wow - that's louder than I have ever heard Ed? Whe
I must have "missed the memo" on this one if there was ever any dialog concerning this. Anyone else think this is just a bad idea? How is the self-spotting not going to turn into - QSO's over the int
The changes will permit assistance in arranging contacts, but not in conducting contacts. They will, for example, allow a station to announce its location in a chat room, on a repeater, or even via e
Interestingly, where do you go to find Field Day on the ARRL website? The Contest section. The only statement that seems to identify it as anything but a contest is when you go to the awards section
If its all about goodwill and such - why have the rule at all? If its there, it is counter to the point, in my opinion. It actually does specifically rule our SO2R in my opinion if you stop at the te
Bravo to the CQ Contest Committee and the Directors of the CQ WW, CQ WPX, and CQ 160 contests. I hope the crowd sharing method that invoked the TO7A suspicion will continue if any other logs appear t
Guys, you don't need to be discouraged from contesting, just make decisions for yourself on what you will use or not use. Clearly, blindly using SCP without thinking is as bad practice as guessing on
This is an interesting question. To me - there is a difference between contest log - it is what it is. Contest is over. And the log for DXCC and WAS or County purposes. For those purposes, I will loo
The strategy on the DX side of WAE is very different than the EU side. From our end, there are a couple of hundred stations looking for QTCs but there are as many more just giving us Qs that have no
Mike, I believe that question can be answered with some quick modeling. Use HFTA and dial in table top flat land across the harbor, then add the hill as best you can estimate. Then make the yagi in H
To be clear, the requirement is not that the audio be submitted with the log, the requirement is that one be available and presented if asked by the committee within 90 days of the contest. These fil
I think everyone agrees - being spotted helps rate. The question is how to balance the table on SSB vs CW due to RBN, in my opinion. It just doesn't seem fair to the process that some clubs actively
Thanks for all the comments to my post. In reading the many views, I think the easiest solution that doesn't change the spirit of contesting is to instill processes of spotting more consistently. The
Peter, I think my wording was confusing. I meant that for those OPERATING assisted, as the S & P, the software automatically spots. From what I am reading, this is already a feature in popular progra
W2IRT says "In 2015 it's crazy to expect a medium-sized station to spin the knob and operate unassisted if that station wants to have a shot at 2M or 3M. Maybe once, but not any longer. " Really? I o