I am afraid it will be a LONG time before hamdom finally realizes that they are now supposed to work dupes and leave them in the log. The old paper log rules are just too ingrained. And then you will
It takes a particular state of mind to extend "Something should be allowed" to " Something will be done over and over and over and over...." The truth is that NOBODY that I know just wants to work th
Yes, but I need to clarify something. The point I was trying to make, contrary to the poster moaning that the rules change would open the floodgates to a deluge of dupes, was that people don't really
Your sentiment may be well taken from some points of view. But the fact is that the rules have changed. Talk all you want about how you think things OUGHT to be, I can sympathize, but the rules have
In TR, at least, and I think NA and CT, the running score displayed constantly by the program has dupes properly accounted for. So even if the Q totals go down from what you were seeing, the score do
I have read now several hundred posts bemoaning the proposed shift in contest rule and scores delivery. Memory getting dim about the no-code business, but this seems about the biggest collective knee
Unfortunately it's not a dead horse. Just some of the public becoming tired of the same headlines. I have spent my time in the ARRL. Both Gary and I put in the time as the Section Manager of ENY. So
We're ALMOST to the point where we can load a bunch of html into a flat little thing weighing less than a hardbound book, 10" by 8" by 1/4 inch thick, that will run for a couple days of reading befor
Friend of mine set the Alt-Q Alt-C endless CQ thing on TRLog running and then fell asleep in the chair. Woke up and had been CQ-ing for two hours. Had also been called by any number of >local< club m
80 meters in the ARRL DX CW from New England? I suppose you've never eaten fresh lobster either? You could improve things a bit by going to Maine, or Nova Scotia, or (Gasp) Newfoundland. But you will
Reality check time. To those of you propagating the thread on "Morons at the NCJ". Do you imply your support for the insult by responding to a piece of email without deleting the word from, or changi
Given the numbers involved, I would expect that very FEW of the contesting.com respondents would have been asked, most likely NONE. There's not enough of us to get into even a large sample effort on
Dunno about anybody else, but TRLog in # 5 below will send: 5 he: ng3k r big0gun test because the first thing typed in was ng3 and it winds up being ng3k, so it's AUTOMATICALLY sent just to make sure
A small sampling of my collection of "Real hams don't" heard over the years: Real hams don't use bugs. All those extra dits never under control ... Dah dit dit dit dit dit dit instead of a real B. Re
5nn n IS 599 9 I never heard one of those. I DID hear some number of 5NNNN, which sends lots faster than 5NN 100. Logged as 599 99. Maybe an "N" got lost in yours? T T T for power is 000 for 1000. Si
There are a lot of presumes in there... 1. Presumes we don't look anywhere besides the band spots. The HUGE majority of our mults were worked normal S&P or on the run frequency. We watch the packet t
One thing about the good ole days, that's still true ... the camaraderie doesn't depend on the technology. It depends on that great gang of guys you're with. Was a terrible thing after a contest to d
Don't usually rise on these, but isn't it time that we STOP calling people names who do work for FREE organizing these contests. The weekends are fairly well packed and do not move their slot from ye
I think you misread the post. 1) What does it mean to you when I say >>ALL OF WHICH<< ? Would that not be ALL of the points above, ALL of the points taken TOGETHER, including the ones you didn't quot
Not to bash, particularly, but isn't the trade-off for QRP to do by technique, cunning, persistence what is usually accomplished with power for lesser effort, particularly in contesting? It would see