At the end of any of the contests I really care about, I can barely find the other rooms of the house. If I wander outside, I might die of exposure trying to find the door to the bedroom. The LAST th
In the just-received, and eagerly devoured, May 99 CQ Contest, the TS category listing for the 98 CW WPX, shows NU4Y with a boldface score (a certificate?). Congrats to NU4Y. This listing also shows
Quite some number of excellent replies here, responding to all of them in general, so no quotes below... One of the nice things about TR in S&P is it's keeping a bandmap. What I see is an average 500
Wow. Without the log checking this one wouldn't have come to light. I'm keeping notes. 73, Guy --. .-.. Guy Olinger, K2AV k2av@qsl.net Apex, NC, USA -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_c
It seems a shame that the scoring should irritate people to the point of giving up. But I understand the feeling. It's like big brother. Or your high school English teacher scoring the contest logs.
It seems a shame that the scoring should irritate people to the point of giving up. But I understand the feeling. It's like your big brother checking your homework. Or your high school English teache
I don't find this at all easy to do. Oh, there may be a few that I could pick up as obvious fixes. 4, 5 maybe. But I find I have suspicions about a lot of calls. The problem is that I have little to
Interesting thought, if one could take such a table and memorize it and the correct check data, making the mental comparisons in one's head as the contest goes on... Would that be OK, or just the sam
Currently there is nothing that rewards for both directions being correct. If I shortchange the other guy while I'm running and he can't get back to me for corrections, I loose nothing. I identify in
Having a bad day? If you read closely you will see that I offer the thought as a malintent for consideration, something that is permitted under the current rules, and propose a solution for it, I DON
Well, yes, but aren't we getting close to the false idea that some magic penalty will solve all the problems of ham contesting. Just isn't possible to catch every cheat, every mistake, or reform ever
Not sure I could copy that call correctly even if I listened to it over and over from a tape. Like a call sign equivalent of a tongue twister. I'm doomed. 73, Guy --. .-.. Guy Olinger, K2AV k2av@qsl.
NAA01101 Sender: owner-cq-contest@contesting.com Precedence: bulk X-List-Info: http://www.contesting.com/cq-contest-faq.html X-Sponsor: W4AN, KM3T, N5KO & AD1C I heard a few people talk about sending
PAA05463 Sender: owner-cq-contest@contesting.com Precedence: bulk X-List-Info: http://www.contesting.com/cq-contest-faq.html X-Sponsor: W4AN, KM3T, N5KO & AD1C Is that how you regard contest entrants
This is one of the reasons that miscopied cw is easy to come by. At the end of a CQWW or ARRL DX at W4BVV, still the most complete immersion in endless CW I've ever experienced, on a rig if awake and
Huh? Either of you guys on 15 meters? If I had had a real antenna on 15 meters, I wouldn't have had time to get up and do anything, except during off hours. Only the US has a major holiday Memorial D
OK. I certainly understand your point. Family at home has to come first. But that wasn't what the other guy was saying. He said it hurt the CONTEST. Doesn't really. Choice of weekends hurts YOU. And
You don't REALLY believe that do you? Two reasons why you shouldn't: 1) Don't equate frequency of problems with frequency of verbal expression regarding problems. In social science related statistica
Huh? Either of you guys on 15 meters? If I had had a real antenna on 15 meters, I wouldn't have had time to get up and do anything, except during off hours. Only the US has a major holiday Memorial D