160 isn't the only band that feels the operator-ethics crunch.... there are a quite a few East Coast stations which often sit in the narrow Japanese DX Window on 80m SSB, endlessly calling CQ -- WHEN
No need for flames on this--tis just a discussion between people who have opinions. The following is mine.... I believe there's a big difference between a band specific contest (even if it is WARC b
It's been years since I've taken a transceiver abroad, but the last time I did there was a form available from US Customs which enabled the user to identify a piece of equipment with serial number, e
A second receiver (tuned to 10M for example as a ''band opening indicator'') offers a tremendous advantage. Perhaps the categories should be changed to VFO's .... and not just transmitters (which th
That's why the contest sponsors ought to calculate and report "uniques" as well as claimed points. Alan Kaul, W6RCL, LaCanada-Flintridge, CA http://home.att.net/~alan.kaul/qrp.html alan.kaul@worldnet
What a great service this is -- to make the info available to those who use electronic logging. And a reminder to those whom you work and don't put you in the log -- they might have been anonymous in
I believe that at the very least, contest sponsors should consider publishing both the entrant's ''claimed score'' and the "final score." To publish one without the other is to omit a frame of refer
Alan Kaul, W6RCL, LaCanada, CA w6rcl@amsat.org http://home.att.net/~alan.kaul/qrp.html -- I'm confused about that -- if your call is N6VH and the other station logs you as N6VA and the log-checkers h
Read this problem as outlined by Don... listed for them --snip-- -- HERE'S THE LAST FEW QSO'S FROM W6RCL 15M CQWW SSB LOG, 1997, 26-Oct-97 2348 136 21.438 JF1SEK 59 25 3 26-Oct-97 2348 137 21.435 JO1
Does anyone know the basis of the "10-minute rule'' for CQWW contestants in the ''multi-op, single transmitter'' category? Was anyone around when the rule was written and know why it was written? Ala
Alan Kaul, W6RCL LaCanada-Flintridge, CA alan.kaul@worldnet.att.net Trey, you've forgotten Zone 20 -- when N6AA was part of the JY6Z team! 73 de alan -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_
I salute those who have the ability to do two things at once! But I think it's time for a new contest category -- SINGLE OP - MULTI-TRANSMITTER which would allow those with the skills and resources t
I tried to be a little different.... Alan Kaul, W6RCL Are YOU on my webpage? http://home.att.net/~alan.kaul/w6rcl.html LaCanada-Flintridge, CA alan.kaul@worldnet.att.net -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://
I vaguely remember reading a post within the last 6-months or so (or perhaps it was in one of the magazines) about the origin of using two radios (by a single op) in a contest. Does anyone know when/
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