Interesting comments, Ernie. Nice to hear your perspective. As an avid CW operator, i'd agree with you that someone sending crappy code at ANY speed, and then not responding to your response at +5 wp
Technology does not make people cheat; they cheat because they want to. That YO op would cheat some other way if remote was not there . Remote transmitters are obvious cheats. You can cheat by connec
Hi Kevin, When an operator is controlling a remote station in the US, that operator IS the control operator, and is responsible. It is not a repeater station, and repeater rules don't apply. Mic or K
For giggles, I operated in the NA QRP Club QRPp event last night (0130-0330), running 900 milliwatts from my K3. The good news is nobody signed /QRP or /QRPp.... However, they did send a lot of other
Hank, Lots of us hold a high standard for contesting. Snarky remarks made on this reflector don't reflect how the majority act on air. Sure, we all get flustered with operating practices of some -- y
Hey Mike & HNY, Having played at many VE1 & VE9 stations, and operating portable from many others, I'd say that if you don't have an unlimited budget, go for either the hill, or, my personal preferen
I think people are being too sensitive about the name -- as a software developer, I think of the exchange as a parameter to a function. As long as the station on the other end copies it correctly, wh
Steve, FB on N1MM -- Thanks for the clarification. Maybe you guys might want to truncate the exchange in the UI -- that way if someone enters something too big, they will immediately know it's a prob
For those of you who are interested in cross-entity remote operation, it will now count for both contesting and DXCC, for stations on both ends of the QSO. The transmitter country will determine the
Hi Art, I kinda don't understand your VE4VTR/K3KU QSO question? If both were live and not remote, what is the issue? Now, the question was, for DCC Credit, if you are operating a DXpedition remotely
Agreed, Kelly. That is why I said "most contests". This example is a silly edge case, but people will worry about it. 73, Gerry W1VE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
Hey Andy! Glad to see you comment on CQ-Contest. Andy and I are friends from way back, and co-ops on the VE1SPI and CY0SPI Dxpeditions... If at all possible, let's make the Provinces the multiplers i
Actually, not so Ed, VE1/W1VE or W1/VE1RM is the accepted international standard. In the US and Canada, no authority is going to get bent out of shape if you do it the other way around. Of course, I
Ed, You hit all the touchstones. The amateurs doing remote are ahead of the licensing authorities. Some administrations are advanced in this area, others simply do not care. I would not go willy-nill
Sometimes you have to think outside the ham radio box. Search eBay for AP800 or XAP800 Conferencing Microphone Mixer. This is a fantastic Microphone mixer that has 8 ins and 8 outs, digital controls
When I started this idea about 8 years ago, we had pretty good participation. As Pete said, as time went on, I did not have the bandwidth to continue managing and updating the site. K1TTT took over f
I could not agree more, Ward. You reap what you sow. If you are at the top of the game in contesting, you get there due to your hard work and skill -- but, you are also there because you have all tho
It seems that you appose on principle, Jim. Posting your score is automatic in ALL the software clients, all you have to do is enable it. It requires ZERO effort on your part during the contest. As I
What I would love is software that would convert SSB into CW -- then I could use narrow filters, and eliminate all the splatter! No more hurting head after 48 hours of crappy audio and noise... Someh
Hi Igor, I (somewhat) agree. However, no matter what country you live in, there are HUGE multi-op stations around the world. I bet many of us cut our teeth operating at such club/privately owned stat