Author: Alan Dewey via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:50:53 -0500
Pete; In my last report to the ARRL BOD as CAC Chairman in January 2015, the CAC did in fact make a recommendation that ARRL Contest logs be made public starting with the ARRL DX Contest. This report
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:18:42 -0500
I'll stand up in defense of the Dayton Flea Market. Unless you take a very narrow view of what constitutes ham radio stuff (by excluding desktop PC's, for example), there is not all that much non-ele
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:45:54 -0500
Not alone as the only hobby/sport dealing with the question of how much technology is too much. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/20/sports/facing-control-issues-curling-draws-line-at-high-tech-brooms.h
Author: jpescatore--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 06:52:04 -0500
The Contesting Wiki is no more, but archive.org does have a copy of the Sweepstakes tutorial section that has a lot of detail on Sweepstakes: https://web.archive.org/web/20111124184532/http://wiki.co
Author: Lloyd Bell via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:25:26 -0600
Rich was a young 69 yrs. he and I did many many MM,MS,M2,and SB over the almost 40 yrs. The sunspot minimums were the worst. I'll miss him Lloyd K5ZO (AL7CQ) CU Lloyd ________________________________
Author: George K5KG via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:13:41 -0500
When will this topic end? 73, George Watching the weather during the contest - because the forecast wasn't prepared by you. Looking at your list of xxxxHQ stations in the IARU test. Looking at NG3K's
Author: alannottage--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 06:45:54 -0500
I'm retired from a career in pro audio, so own at least a half dozen different headphones. My favorites for CW and RTTY are CM500 and Sony MDR-7506 -- I find them equally comfortable, they sound equa
Author: George K5KG via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:56:29 -0500
Hi Randy, Sounds like a good idea. I have the same problem with the CM500 causing ear pain after a few hours. I switch off between the CM500's and my Radiosport headset. Both eventually cause ear pai
Author: K4XS via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:15:56 -0500
I agree with Charly on this one. My highest rate ever from KH6 was a 355 true hour (as opposed to a 60 minute period) which was I believe in WPX. This run consisted mainly of US stations and maybe a
Author: K4XS via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 18:19:35 -0500
The XYL has been doing research on a new refrigerator for our new place in KH6. She checks out the owners comments which have been posted on line about the various ones she is interested in. She fina
Author: Tony Brock-Fisher via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:21:26 -0500
Most modern appliances now use switching power supplies to control motor speed, giving more flexibility than the old on/off schemes. I have a heat pump, a microwave oven, and a dishwasher that all ha
Author: Roger Parsons via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 15:17:21 +0000 (UTC)
So if you were to have operated from a good station in an advantageous location you would have won this last weekend? RIGHT. Silly me for having one second imagined otherwise... 73 Roger VE3ZI _____
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 11:19:52 -0500
Having watched the N6MJ video (very impressive!) I have a couple of thoughts: Did he use a footswitch(s) to trigger an ESM command? Was there any sort of macro to trigger an ESM command on the opposi
Author: I4UFH via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 20:03:14 +0100
Hi Guys Should be enough apply the actual rules , as the commitee acts several actions with SDR , Spot cross check for looking for possibile cheats, is enough to verify the log id is compliant to the
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 08:29:21 -0500
No problem. Enter the least restrictive category (A). Do not change the log from Q, either for all or part of it. Do not restart serial numbers. Keep Q in the log for everybody. Otherwise it makes lo
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 18:17:50 -0500
Another way of looking at their score is that despite having fewer ops and transmitters they did better than the other M/M teams. It would be a problem if they ran M/M and then claimed M/2. Also, the
Author: jpescatore--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 05:26:03 -0500
Anyone know how SH5 determines your station location/grid square? I'm using it to compare a few logs and it often shows the wrong grid square for the station that produced the Cabrillo file. For exam
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 04:57:19 -0500
The thing is, in both cases the ops would be following the rules as the categories overlap. Rudy N2WQ Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect. _________
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 05:26:10 -0500
Not really. Proportionality only makes sense if you are comparing identical stations- equipment, skills, teams, etc. CR3L has demonstrated that you can do more with less. In the extreme example, a SO
Author: Chris Wynn via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:18:40 +0000 (UTC)
Gentlemen, The easy way to correct this from happening in the future is to amend the rules for the contest to proscribe disclosing your score before the deadline. If they were only going to place 2d