Might one consider the opposite possibility -- that the inspections are intended to prove that most of the winners are NOT cheating? There is a certain impression outside contesting that certain sign
I think what he's getting at is that it appears the run QSOs on 14.099 and the S&P QSOs on various other frequencies may have been logged on two different computers: Note that the time jumps backward
I would suggest that the best operators of the 1970s would have trouble keeping dupe sheets without a computer today. The thing is, the number of prefixes, especially for U.S. stations, has skyrocket
Man, do I remember that! I remember a contest (CQ WW CW, I think it was) operated at K4VX. Spent the day after the contest at Dave Patton (NN1N)'s apartment checking for dupes and marking them in the
Once everyone's wound down from the California QSO Party... It's time to make sure you got your log in for the September 6th *Tennessee* QSO Party. The log deadline is this Thursday, October 8th. See
Final reminder... Deadline for Tennessee QSO Party logs is *today*. Logchecking begins tomorrow. Thanks for the support! -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, TN EM66 ____________________________________
Is not self-spotting frowned upon *by the Cluster node operators*? (if for no other reason, because of the fear that self-spots by not-rare-enough-that-anyone-else-will-spot-them W stations will ove
In 1935... Utah-Wyoming was a single section. MDC was a section -- but it was really MDDC (or MDDDC?) because Delaware was part of it too. The West Indies indeed included PR, USVI, Cuba, and the Isle
True, but I did once receive an OO report for operating USB on 14150.5. The guy argued that lower sideband suppression is not adequate and one should never operate below 14153 (suppressed carrier fre
IMHO you're comparing apples and oranges. ARRL Sections and DXCC Entities have completely different purposes. DXCC Entities exist for the purpose of the award. Maintaining a list of "deleted entitie
In a rather casual operation I worked 76 sections. Got three North Dakotas, two Alaskas, and VY1EI called me on 20 meters. (thanks!) The missing: NL VE5 NNY **KANSAS**??!! (and the last section I did
Actually I *do* do that.. I've found that when things are slow, even a modest reduction in speed can bring out a noticeable increase in callers. So I'll be running at something like 22-24wpm when som
I clearly remember the "gates". I was in the second group. My first two choices (W9CW and W9DS) went in the first gate; I got choice #3. (and am VERY happy I didn't get #2!) A few years ago at Dayton
Hmmm. I operated CQWW in the SOABNP category. (NP = "no power". Radio Shack DX-398 cheap portable receiver w/built-in whip, no transmitter available, sitting on the easy chair at Mom's place in Milwa
Problem is, nobody knows what their six-character square is. Heck, I'd bet a pretty large proportion of the casual participants don't even know their *four*-character square. Most people know their C
I guess my question is, just how important are the VERY casual participants? It would be interesting to know what proportion of the stations in large logs (like 6Y1V!) are regular contesters. For exa
A few years ago, for the Tennessee QSO Party, we received a Cabrillo file in which the received exchange field (should contain the state/province/DXCC entity of the station worked) contained the enti
That's not a minor downside. I think sometimes those who have broadband take it for granted. It's not universally available, and not universally adopted where it is available. I would imagine ~98% of
I'm curious, what the real-time entry protocol is here? (I mean, from an IT standpoint) It looks like getscores.org is involved; has there been an extension to the real-time score reporting protocol
I might mention, many older Kenwood rigs also required an external level converter. (and often didn't come with all the necessary *internal* parts for a computer interface) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasan