3. The casual day to day operator really does not have any conception of the rules of the contest and thinks he is truly helping out...that meaning the stateside callers passing out qso's.......is it
In a message dated 11/29/05 2:16:05 PM Greenwich Standard Time, Jimk8mr writes: In CQ WW there are six multipliers available for working your own county. Maybe it will also be easiest to get your own
For members of the WW committee........ If I bust a W/K QSO or am NIL, after I have worked my 50th W/K in zone 5, do I incur any penalty for the QSO, if it is removed for being busted or NIL. I could
One way or another, it would be a totally different contest. Am I wrong? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Right in that it would be a slightly different contest. Wrong
It's interesting how negativism about one pointers is almost universal in the Northeast US and in Europe. The areas which would be most negatively affected by the one point rule. The is not much diss
- agree, but "really" high is really relative. NQ4I's zero-point QSO's was around 9% while K5NA's was a whopping 19%! Both felt the impact. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The three MM stations have some of the best CW ops around and had a hard time with 100/hr in WW on 40 this year. No word on LPL, but K3LR did in the first hour, KC1XX amazingly at 2000 Z on the SECON
Ooops. I was CQing in the window for a few minutes. I do so little operation on 160 I thought the window was 1825-1830 and tried to stay clear of that. I'll steer clear in the other 160 events. Bill
We had a major problem last year with a certain N8 station up in Michigan who had a long list of past infractions with the FCC. He decided during the 2004 SB Sweepstakes to intentionally QRM stations
In a message dated 12/8/05 1:50:00 AM Greenwich Standard Time, dezrat1242@ispwest.com writes: Logically, ten shouldn't have been open at all, but there he was. I suspect the propagation mode was mult
It APPEARS like we have a bunch of cheaters who are claiming to be unassisted, but are using packet. It also is a possibility, but not a probability, that one of the guys who worked the XY8Z repeated
packet spots...........NX5M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I think I do contesting pretty seriously and I have never used Telnet for a contest. How would one (with l
In a message dated 12/16/05 7:57:05 PM Greenwich Standard Time, p.piercey@nl.rogers.com writes: How do you feel about SO2R operation? We've been there and done that on the SO2R. SO2R relies on the re
In a message dated 12/19/05 3:55:06 AM Greenwich Standard Time, w9wi@earthlink.net writes: Maybe an interesting way to select WRTC competitors... would be to somehow survey contesters... maybe with a
Others may go there, but in FL....no way. If I have to go on 160, it's time to shut it down and save the operating time for the next morning. Bill K4XS _______________________________________________
The WRTC is a CW AND SSB contest. There is no S/P on Morserunner. There are no decisions to be made by the ops as to which beam heading to use or what band to use. The Morserunner is good practice fo
In a message dated 12/22/05 1:29:07 AM Greenwich Standard Time, steve.root@culligan4water.com writes: Is DX contesting "wide open" to those who don't have Europe on their doorstep? Are domestic conte
It's a little late for this now, but I think whatever organizer takes on the responsibility for the next WRTC, needs to come up with the scoring grid ahead of time instead of post-facto. Let the guys
WANTED: WRTC Partner The preliminary teams have been selected for the WRTC and if the listings hold I will be lucky enough to go to Brazil this July as a participant. Most of the guys going have been
For those of you who have not heard I have decided to put the station up for sale. All towers, stacks, 4 BR home and eight acres are included. The XYL and I are hoping to head out to the Big Island i