I'm new to contesting and had a blast this past weekend in the CQ WW RTTY contest. I want to make sure I enter the info correct in the 3830 form so I have a pretty basic question. I used N1MM and it
Not sure, but not during this contest but a RTTY contest within the last month, someone sent me a report of 577 so I put that in as the the report. As for repeating the call in the report, it does se
Forget the rules - no one is disputing what the rules say. It's plain as the nose on our faces. I haven't seen one person challenge the rules are not explicit. Cabrillo is the accepted format that in
Paul, I and others here seem to agree with you. Yes it's the rule and we all need to comply with the rules at the time. As you noted, no one seems to be disputing that. Folks that think it is redunda
-- No Ron, I didn't say that at all. First I said no one is disputing the rules are the rules. Where you and some others made the leap from a discussion on the topic to assuming we feel empowered we
As a newer contester, I'm really amazed at how anyone can get satisfaction from doing well when they cheat. Is there money (sponsorship) involved that I'm not aware of? Any monetary windfall from doi
Tim, Check out http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp which is the US Post Office Zip Code lookup site. I have lookup by zip code selected but there are other searches available. As you indicated
QRZ does show the email address if provided by the operator. You'd see it right above the green link to Click for more detail. NS9I doesn't have his email listed but he lists that he is also an admin
If I go to http://www2.arrl.org/members-only/contests/scores.html?con_id=152 it shows: 2008 ARRL International DX Contest (CW) Entries 1 to 25 of 2684 listed So I would guess it is 2684 entries for C
I am participating (very limited) in my first CW contest this weekend. I have a couple questions on logging for the ARRL DX contest. Maybe it's as simple as "whatever they send is exactly what I log"
As every topic that comes up here, I'm sure this has been previously discussed, but it seems near impossible to search the archives. I'm a newer contester that is just getting started, so go easy on
Before I throw out my stats, a bit of explanation might help. I'm a newer ham who has been on HF less then 1 year. Over this past summer I started contesting and specifically RTTY contesting. So I ha
Is it me or is the online log submission of yesterday's contest broken? Referencing the contest rules page at http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php?page=3 I go to the online log submission at http://ww
Maybe comparing this to other hobbies/sports would help. My daughter does competitive cheerleading and there are many divisions. You can of course win your division (eg: Jr Coed Level 5). Then like d
Richard, It really depends how the awards are distributed. Lets say for ease of discussion, there's a certificate for each state winner and a plaque for country, continent and world winners. That mea
The plaques are sponsored and paid for by others. It isn't like a stack of QSL cards and pulling the next one off the pile as you described. If the sponsors of the plaques only want them to go to the
I'm with you Dave. Seems the discussion is looking at it from the wrong angle. It says you are allowed to operate 36 hours of the 48 hours the contest runs. If I wait 12 hours from the start of the c
How about having a discussion WITHOUT using the words "off time"? Single ops are allowed to operate up to 36 hours. Operating time is counted from the first logged QSO until the last logged QSO. Any
Of course the answer is yes. How could it be anything else? You are allowed to operate 36 hours. The only way it is no is if you start at 1130z on Sunday in which case you can operate for 36 straight
Rex, Maybe you responded before reading some follow-up posts, but stop worry about "OFF time" and count your operating time. Operating time is 36 hours from when you start unless you don't log a cont