The discussion is right on target. The discussion is about contesting "issues" during an emergency situation. What more pertinent topic could be discussed regarding contesting? 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
"The issue with switching to counties is the three contests operating this weekend, the 7QP QSO party... etc... etc... etc..." You know, the 3077 county codes were developed to eliminate all the prob
*In the USA*, a specific section of Part 97 reads: § 97.403 Safety of life and protection of property. No provision of these rules prevents the use by an amateur station of any means of radiocommunic
Well I asked this same question (without the RBN component) last year and it pretty much fell on deaf ears. As you know, the "No self spotting" is written into the rules, so that's how it's gonna be.
I suggest we "level the playing field, once and for all"... that is take all the scores reported and add them up. Next, divide by the number of participants. Then credit each contester with their sha
Yesterday while at Barnes & Noble, I sat down to browse through an interesting book about the formation of state boundaries as the USA grew from east to west. There were interesting tales about the s
Yeah, what he said... and a score multiplier of 1.65 if you are past retirement age too... 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@co
Well Minnesota is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes. It's even printed on our license plates. So I'm thinking I could be creative and use something that relates to our lakes... http://www.eelpoutfest
Hmmm... so I wonder if the sun is going to react like a big balloon that you blow up, then release the "neck" and it goes shooting off on a crazy zig zag journey across the solar system? Then next I
Actually I think Hans' point makes the distinction crystal clear, and is far from ridiculous. If the "amateur radio link" must be persistent between the two operators, as Paul suggests, then you must
Hello Maarten, English difficulties are not the exclusive territory of people who have a different primary language. Here's a true story I hope you enjoy. My younger brother had just received his nov
I suggest everyone write those frequencies down on a card and keep it near your radio. The last thing needed is interference when disaster communications are being carried out. On that note, one freq
I can only imagine a registration/user/password implementation will not be forthcoming any time soon. It's not that it can't be done, the crux of it is really "who's going to administer it?" Take LoT
A few last minute route segments have been added to the plans. Actually 39 of them! And now, all 67 counties will be represented by the mobile corps on Saturday. There will be at least 217 "county vi
Hello Ken (and others), I uploaded a new version of the FQP Log Analyzer (Rev 2.0.0) that includes a automated Cabrillo import feature. This new feature will eliminate the manual steps required to im
I have no first-hand experience so this is second hand information, although I expect these fellows to be a reliable source. There are "wind farms" in southwest Minnesota. During the MN QSO Party som
One of Dick's comments was "So, I asked the question, 'Can we make this contest more fun and more attractive?'" One of the things that adds to the fun for me is to see my score running up quickly. Th
Yeah, imagine all the cheating that would go on with this... some guys would be putting dispensables more powerful than M&M's in that gadget! 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN __________________________________
That idea was rejected because they're not in alphabetical order. Even then, the Z's would start complaining that the A's had an unfair advantage. 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN _____________________________
There has been a beacon system in place for many years. http://www.ncdxf.org/beacon/earlyhistory.html It also adds the feature of variable power levels to help determine minimum power needed to overc