I agree with DF7ZS. It takes a tremendous effort to build and maintain a station in the Caribbean. The tower and antenna corrosion is unbelievable, especially where dissimilar metals touch. Most stat
Stew Perry is a 160m contest. On top band the difficulty of making a QSO generally increases with distance. Distance based scoring to some degree will even things out for those that live further from
Unless a station is very difficult to copy, I work them again. I do not have a "B4" macro and even in a contest with a long exchange like last weekend's SS it is still better to just to work them aga
N6MJ/ZF2MJ blew away the top rate and had an incredible score in last weekend's CQWW CW contest. He described how he did this in his 3830 post and you can watch him on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Until recently I thought that assisted meant getting outside assistance to find stations, typically multipliers. Skimmer made this more complicated as it really is not anyone else helping you find st
Do we need new categories - human and non-human? John KK9A Sent from my Smartphone. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.cont
Running on two radios simultaneously has been done in previous years and there is at least one station in the Caribbean doing it in phone contests. John KK9A I agree. It's extremely impressive. Was t
It saves switching between radio A and B in the logging software. It is very common to use two computers on RTTY. John KK9A What amazed me was that he was doing it, apparently, with two computers, tw
You are correct Ed. The word assisted is the hangup. A pan adapter, PC keying, SCP, computer logging and dupe checking and even the XYL bringing a soft drink to the shack are forms of assistance. Per
That is an expensive cable! I recently purchased a Sony MDR-7506 for $78 with shipping after reading the recent cq-contest posts. It is not wireless but the cord is pretty long, the headphones are ve
What is wrong with changing categories mid-contest? In the last CQ WW Phone contest I started low power. For some reason I was not doing well and not having fun so I switched to high power. John KK9A
The multi-unlimited rules state that "the six contest bands may be activated simultaneously". It is not mandatory that they be on all six bands simultaneously and I doubt any station is. Perhaps they
That is unsportsmanlike conduct. Lets say we work early in the contest and I log you incorrectly as VA2EA, Later I call VA2EW and you won't work me. You get credit for the previous contact and I don'
What "sport" is even remotely similar to radio contesting with very different playing fields and multiple categories? John KK9A Is there any other sport where a competitor can start in one category,
Was it OK for your to change your category? http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/3830/2015-11/msg03490.html Either continue the category you started and hope for better condx next year, or be a
I have done a lot of single band contesting so I have seen my fair share of dupes. Typically the rates are slower on the second day when many of the dupes appear. Many are just trying to help by givi
I believe that is only a U.S. power limit. John KK9A Been to 30m? We have a limit of 200w. Most amps will do legal out and many run far more than 200 watts. But that is a different can of worms or is
This is not correct. On phone I typically say either thanks or thanks followed by my callsign. Thanks confirms the QSO and means that I am ready for the next caller. Many stations use this technique.
How do we know that most uniques are really copying errors? I have made many single band contest entries using large antennas and won by working every station possible. Many of the stations that I wo
Nice summary Doug. The survey results regarding combining assisted and non-assisted and removing all uniques were surprising to me. Do participants really want to enter a contest where they feel chea