Why not REALLY improve the contest by seriously considering remedying the ancient, unfair, archaic "points per QSO vs. your continent" nonsense. There are some things in the world, like the USA Elect
Distance-based is a great concept, but the true equalizer is the adoption of the CW Sprint QSY rule to a distance-based DX contest. Then no one gets to park themselves on a frequency for hours at a t
....reviewing my log this morning, I find we made nearly 1600 NA qso's...approx 75% were zero pointers from the US...my dilemma should I teach these bozo's a lesson and NIL ( that's making a verb out
I remember years ago my good friend K8MR protested the ZERO QSO point rule in CQ WPX contest ( a few times) by working only the USA and submitting a score of ZERO. I'm not sure what his high QSO coun
I'm still digesting my logs (as well as recovering my body), but as one who tried to work them all four times, here are my toughest (i.e. what I missed): The only section with a single qso was NL, wi
I find that the greatest value of SCP is not figuring out if whether it is N6, N7, or N8TR calling. It is when you've copied a call you think you have but about which you are not entirely certain. If
Simply asked: why send more than required to get the message across? -- In CQWW, you don't really have to send anything to get the message across. I recall several years ago D4B sending some exchange
It's not really a convention, but I couldn't come with a better single word description. On Saturday, January 6, are two longstanding traditions for Ohio (and other nearby) contesters. In the afterno
Another factor in deciding how often to ID is how smooth was the last qso. If it was just a quick report at 40 wpm (or the phone equivalent), one can stretch things a bit. If the other guy has correc
During the SP I called a guy who gave me an EM2N report. So I gave him back an ENNA report. And again. And again. Then I tried EN 91 and it got through. I did notice that EN was often interpreted as
Where might one find a copy of this "clock"? 73 - Jim K8MR In a message dated 1/8/2007 11:15:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, harryhbrown@earthlink.net writes: On the east coast, a lot of VHF/Microwave
Where is the NAQP SSB contest on 75m now going to be? ** I'd suggest that 3800 be the place to start, working up a little and down a lot from there. That way the anyone who has just acquired HF phone
I was wondering, since some are really picking this last two you were licensed deal apart, if they will DQ themselves because some reports call for signal report, of which all are given 59, when, in
As most of you know, the CQ 160 meter CW contest is this weekend. A notable difference between the CQ and ARRL 160 meter contests is that CQ does not have the ARRL's fixation about the use of more th
Wouldn't you rather for me to just call you ten times in a row, with each of my and my friends callsigns, give you 10 QSOs, and then repeat for the next guy that can hear me? Isn't that a lot more ef
In my view, amateur radio contesting needs or will soon need a new rule - only the human mind may be used for real-time extraction of intelligence from received signals. ** Be wary of getting what yo
Two stories from my chair time at K8AZ in the ARRL CW test this weekend. 1. I can't say there is any connection, but early Sunday on 15 meters I heard a weak but copyable OE4A CQing away. Several cal
There are many ways to skin this cat, and one interesting possiblity is along the lines used by the DLs who sponsor the Markrothon RTTY DX contest: Eight hours on, 8 off, 8 on, 8 off and 8 on. Twenty
Almost as detrimental as self-spotting, busted spotting is the next big problem to deal with. Guys who can't copy and can't type should not be passing their errors on to the rest of the world. So, ho
If you haven't noticed the bitching about SO2R operation, just wait until SO2L (Locations) hits the fan. For contests to succeed, the average to reasonably good guy has to think he is at least in the