Thanks for including me in the post, John. I've also read Ken's response. I probably need to think about it some more to give a more reasoned response, but my "gut reaction" is that NAQP, particularl
Further to my last post, my thoughts were faster than my fingers. I meant to say, "Including DX at high power might discourage....." Jim, K4QPL -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland!
Web site wouldn't work (says nothing available) and central reservations 800 number refer you directly to hotel 937-224-0800. After being transferred to group reservations and about a 20 minute hold
If you are at my house as my guest and use my call sign, I don't believe I must physically be there. But if you screw up while acting as control operator, and a citation is issued, assuming FCC knows
IMHO this(that DC is a top level political subdivision) is the one single, logical, reasonable, equitable, fair (I'll stop here with synonyms) reason that DC should be a separate multiplier. Not for
Actually, that's not as far out as it may seem at first glance. I recall several years back I had to go through a separate process to get a judgment levied on a resident of the Lumbee Nation here in
Well said, Kelly. The issue is the point where the RF meets the air, not how the operator controls the radio. If that point is in the US, US law applies and the callsign must identify it accordingly.
You'll also find all levels of SO2R'edness from making the occasional extra QSO with the second radio to the full multitasking of the top guys who can maintain a high rate with both radios. A good pl
Well said Hank. There's a difference between grabbing an "unused" frequency and just flat running someone off because you can. 99% of contest ops honor that as I can attest from 3 years SSCW QRP with
100% agree, Hans. Anyone who has never enjoyed the thrill of finding his own contacts without assistance has never experienced real operating. Fishermen catching their own shouldn't have to compete w
Randy, I still think you are missing the point. No one is saying not to have assisted categories. By the same logic, why not also eliminate the differentiation between HP, LP and QRP? I'm sure there
1) There is no honesty in ham radio to follow the rules so we should drop the rules; 2) It's also too much trouble to enforce the rules; 3) Assistance does not increase the score; 4) Those who use as
I hope I speak for 100% of the contesters on this thread, but there is NOTHING personal against Randy. I have the utmost respect (and awe) of his ability as a contester and I appreciate the hours of
Very true. LACK of activity ruins contests. SS suffers from that to a considerable degree in that unlike many contests, you can't work the same station on another band. Makes for a very slow Sunday,
If political parties can gerrymander congressional districts I see no reason why an amoeba with equal area wouldn't work for club competition--within reason. Octopus also OK but no snakes leading fro
I like it!! NNN grid squares which approximately equal the present area of the circle and all must be contiguous. I think that would really up the ante in club competition, increase the fun quotient,
No, but the "spud gun" that was featured in QST a couple years ago works as well or better and costs about $15 for materials at a DIY store. We launch lines over >125' pine trees at FD and other QTH'
If you don't want to be bored in SS, don't want to fish out the pond in the first 6 hours, well, just go to QRP with a dipole or vertical. Guarantee you won't work them all in 24 hours. OMG is SS all
Wow! I wish NY4A could have found wherever it was you were getting your spots. We filtered out dozens of busted calls and skimmer perversions like "EK3LR", dropped leading letters, "O" for "Q" and th
2-3 minutes is WAAAAY too long and anyone who returns after that long is stealing YOUR frequency. Good SO2R depends on good listening and timing so your time away is not much longer than listening no