<K1AR@aol.com> wrote: "no hassle getting to and from a place you don't want to be at anyway" And a saving of $20.00, which will be put toward the purchase of the gas needed for the roundtrip! I have
"Mike Gilmer" <n2mg@eham.net> wrote: "the contentious nature of the phone bands (both during and outside of contests) causes many (not just contesters) to operate there only casually, or avoid them t
"Jeffrey D Clarke" <ku8e@bellsouth.net> wrote: "Sorry I'm not crying sour grapes but I would prefer to compete against those guys who normally choose to do SOLP , because they have a smaller station
"Tonno Vahk" <tonno.vahk@mail.ee> wrote: "expletive deleted... those guys don't know even the most elementary cheating strategies..." The inability to express one's self, without the use of profanity
"Ragnar Otterstad" <otterstad@enter.vg> wrote: "It still surprises me to find experienced contesters not observing the bandplan and being a nuisance for others not participating in a phone contest."
Sorry for the bandwidth. K4XS please send me an email. I tried cqtestk4xs@aol.com with no success? Thanks. C'Ya, Shelby -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WR
Mike Tessmer" <mike.tessmer@hillmangroup.com wrote: "Imagine the fun of explaining to "Joe Casual Contester" how you'd love to work him but first he has to go and register with the ARRL or whoever so
"Paul O'Kane" <paul@ei5di.com> wrote: "Also, it could be argued that one step towards meaningful exchanges might be to omit meaningless exchanges - in particular, RST." This is already being done! BA
"Robert Brandon" <rbrandon@austin.ibm.com> wrote: "CW was steady. It was hard to get phone runs going." Not from here! In the first 55 minutes, I made 125 contacts on 40 SSB. I'm sure that I could ha
"Bill Coleman" <aa4lr@arrl.net> wrote: "What other simple, enforceable rule would exile the octopus without any other deleterious effects?" Integrity: "firm adherence to a code of especially moral or
"Don Cassel" <doncassel@rogers.com> wrote: "Not disagreeing with your comments on Cabrillo robots and I too appreciate the volunteers who make the software work. Finally, contest logging software dev
"Tom Osborne" <w7why@charter.net> wrote: "In the cw contests, make it a rule that all exchanges have to be sent at 5 wpm or less. That would REALLY increase casual participation." I suspect that 5 wp
"Ken Widelitz" <widelitz@gte.net> wrote: "I'll say this - my check, 65, as a phone check sucks. It sounds like 55 and I get lots of requests for repeats." Band conditions will contribute to the "requ
"David Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com> wrote: " if someone (M/O or SO2R) leaves his run frequency open for about 30 seconds then its open" I agree, and for those SO2R "wannabe's"...don't leave me
<ah3c@frii.com> wrote: "I think this thread has gone far enough." I couldn't agree more! Happy Holidays to all C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing l
al_lorona@agilent.com wrote: ""I thought it was never acceptable to edit the log after the contest was over?" Webster's: edit = to alter, adapt, or refine especially to bring about conformity to a st
TOMK5RC@aol.com wrote: "Rationale: Speaking for my station, everything is ready when the guest op arrives. They have no interruptions, no distractions. Any equipment problems are fixed by me. We prov
"W. Wright, W5XD" <w5xd@writelog.com wrote: "In my opinion its time to either shut up or do something. So I'd like to see an advocate of the separate SO2R category post a definition of SO2R IN WRITIN
"When will any/all understand that there is no "campaign" to separate SO2R?" What I intended to say is: "no campaign to restrict or penalize"! Separate--yes Restrict or penalize--not at all C'Ya, She
Barry " <w2up@mindspring.com sarcastically suggested: "Rather than create an SO1R category, we should create SOW, which stands for single-op-wannabeawinner." Maybe where you are from, SOW is defined