I am in agreement. I read their petition several times and it just rubs me wrong. I don't particularly care for net operations myself; however, I believe everyone has a right to use amateur radio in
I have to admit, with my absense from Amateur radio for many years, I didn't know much about the IARU. Someone mentioned that many radio amateurs believed they are a governing authority, and I must a
What's wrong with this picture? EF8M(RD3AF) 7374 131 409 48 11,888,100 V47NT(N2NT) 7402 135 457 48 11,231,424 Let's see, V47NT has more Q's more zones and significantly more countries, but a lower sc
Mike, I doubt that's the case. Having a great deal of experience operating from the Caribbean, I can tell you this: 1) there is a limited timeframe for working non US stations, such as Europeans and
"And if now V47NT wants to win the world he should go to a 3 pts country. " Yes, this is a great idea! Let's simply move all the best operators and stations to 3 point countries. I can see it now. 25
you never know. The right antenna in the right place can do wonderful things. 73, Zack W9SZ I wonder how the 6Y1V signal would be QRP! Anyone want to volunteer to do a QRP SOAB from there? David ~ KY
Mario, I merely used it as an example. The scores are unfair across the board, to Europeans as well. South Pacific and Asia are even further disadvantaged. That's why I suggest it's time to "review"
As you may be aware, Andy UU4JMG, used the 6Y1V contest station in this past weekend's ARRL 160 contest. I have never operated this contest before, not even from 6Y1V. I am sure many of you worked hi
Martin, I am amazed. Where do you come up with this stuff? "If you focused as much effort on 'having fun' as you do on trying to make changes to the rules...Man, I can only imagine how much fun you'd
EA8CMX 476,652 1264 27 105 GI0KOW 414,392 2270 26 110 This is an excellent example. Some have said, "just do better, work harder". How hard does one have to work to win? It's nearly impossible when t
Clearly, no handicap is necessary in either of the cases presented. We are discussing fairness in scoring, not handicapping. David ~ KY1V Dave, If CQWW decided to create a new contest based upon dist
I believe you may be overlooking that distance is not always a disadvantage. The extra 2000 miles is most likely an advantage on some bands. When skip is long, being close is not an advantege, I can
Fantastic. I can tell you put a lot of thought into this. This is the kind of discussion I am trying to stimulate. Perhaps CQWW never changes, so be it. It is fun as it is. Maybe what we get out of t
First, I want to say that I like CQWW. It is my favorite contest. Though some see my initiation of this discussion as purely selfish only for the benefit of 6Y1V, those that know me well know this is
You can upload it into the repository on UltraDX.com David ~ KY 1V Jim/Prasad, I would be happy to upload the older file format, but alas it is over the 200MB file size limit of 4shared.com even comp
Educate the masses... http://www.arrl.org/locate/grid.html David ~ KY1V mid area km). Problem is, nobody knows what their six-character square is. Heck, I'd bet a pretty large proportion of the casua
This works amazingly well for finding your exact grid square. If you can find your QTH on a Google map, you can know your grid square! http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/fullScreen.php Thanks to F6FVY D
Congratulations Lew! I'd like an invitation to participate in the 100th anniversary event, but I think we'll need some help... http://www.coalitiontoextendlife.org/ or perhaps... http://www.cryonics.
-The contesters who have freely adopted DX Cluster are those -who don't know, or don't care, about the difference between -the internet and amateur radio. I agree with your premise, but only as it a
-The contesters who have freely adopted DX Cluster are those -who don't know, or don't care, about the difference between -the internet and amateur radio. Incidentally, I think this has had a big im