Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:11:09 -0700
Earlier in this thread, I pointed out that contest log submissions for most HF contests worldwide have generally been growing over the past decade and solar cycle: http://lists.contesting.com/piperma
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:32:11 -0700
I will probably be saying "South Texas" for most QSOs rather than "Sierra Tango X-ray". As a high power station, I have less concern about other stations being able to copy my signal, South Texas is
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:08:59 -0700
The November, 2006 issue of _QST_ includes the announcement of the ARRL 10 Meter Contest on December 9-10, 2006. As the announcement notes, even though we are at the bottom of the sunspot cycle, ther
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:08:57 -0700
It's not just Americans, either: http://www.eubusiness.com/Institutions/061010153423.j0q6ens2 -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@kenharker.com http://www.kenharker.com/ _____________________________
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:27:12 -0700
What makes the WRTC scoreboard different: * The WRTC competitors themselves were never allowed to see the scoreboard during the contest. This was enforced by on-site referees. * The WRTC scoreboard l
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 17:57:56 -0800
That's not true. The log checking process will accomodate a station changing a static portion of the exchange in one of two ways (depending on the contest): (a) crosschecking with the exact log data
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:15:48 -0800
Claimed scores from the 2006 Collegiate Championship, CW are now online: http://www.collegiatechampionship.org/cc2006.html Look for college and university club stations on the air this weekend in the
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:54:13 -0800
So, why would you think that it is acceptable for other people, not even at your station, to go out and find your contacts for you? How is that even remotely in the spirit of the competition? -- Kenn
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:54:06 -0800
Sure. I just get tired of seeing people trying to validate cheating on this reflector. It's one thing to ask about whether a practice would be considered cheating, it's another to come along with the
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:34:02 -0800
To be fair, while some of what you observed might be because operators rely on SCP, there is another explanation for why a fill on the serial number might be asked for more often than the other eleme
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:38:40 -0800
I agree with all of these points as well, including #6. -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@kenharker.com http://www.kenharker.com/ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:35:39 -0800
Can people fill me in on the first year that each of the following contest logging software packages was sold/distributed? Program First available -- CT 1985 CT Win TR 1989 NA SD WriteLog N1MM N3FJP
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:36:32 -0800
Why not forward those emails to the contest sponsor for adjudication if/when those logs are submitted? They are clearly cheating if they submit their logs. As someone who almost never uses his own ca
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:11:39 -0800
The first running of what we know today as the ARRL International DX Contest took place in 1927 when an event called "An International Relay Party" was promoted in QST as a replacement for the annual
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:42:28 -0800
Technology-wise: * Some real-time hardware support will be available in popular operating systems, marketed primarily for video gamers, and at least one contest logging package will take advantage of
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:09:23 -0800
I don't think that will be true. I remember the first several contests after WriteLog added that very feature, and the stations I heard using 100% recorded voice files sounded awful and did not win a
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 12:13:04 -0800
I was not disputing that one can operate an entire contest with 100% recorded voice files. In fact, my post acknowledges that it is possible and has been done, and I'm sure it will continue to be don
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 14:44:49 -0800
The following is a partial list and misses (among some others) CQWW scores, but should give you some basic idea of how many contests stack up: http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/scoredb/contest_list.php -- Ken
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 05:27:15 -0800
They don't make the list because the line scores for those contests are not readily available to those building the database. Both modes of CQWW would have larger numbers of log entries than those co