John: I feel for you. I have been your exact same boat many, many times. I had to "keep trying" until I won the #1 world qrp plaque (and I was very thankful to the DX competition for not competing th
AR: tnx for the listing. In case anyone has no time left after looking up the word "egregious," sponsoring a trophy for CQWWDX is less than 14 cents a day (even less per day on leap year)....a buck a
Interesting thread and numbers.? I like the suggestion of tracking scores.? Looking at mults wouldn't hurt either.? One caution.? Be sure to compare apples to apples in terms of SFI.That is, look at
This year I am completely redoing all of my antennas; that includes re-cabling my crank-up towers. I have re-cabled them before (while in the vertical position) without issue. I have always used cran
HI all: Well, if having paper on the wall is your thing, then qrp 10m cw from NNY (etc) is your ticket. de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest
Jim:My own thoughts....Maybe you thought this element of the scoring was so obvious, that you just left it out of your simplified system explanation:? Would you retain multipliers??? I hope so, other
Holy cow.? This lists actual qso's, shows global qso paths with callsigns at each end.? This is "worse" than SOA...it give you graphic displays of not only the opening, but the callsigns.? Am I missi
Hi all:I wish to withdraw my use of the word "worse" in my recent posting about RTS with respect to SO vs SOA.? I meant to say that RTS gives you much more information "at a glance" compared with ind
Denny, I gotta tell you-- As a die-hard qrper, I just LOVE your idea of a multiplier of zero (Ø) for HP guys. At least they will be guaranteed of competing (or at least scoring) on an even pla
HI all:A couple thoughts....1.? As has already been stated (but worth repeating), "band plans," which are not formalized as law, have no bearing on DQ.? "Law" may be either the law of a country or of
Why the "whoops?" Isn't that exactly what I said? 1988/1989/1990 were all at the PEAK of the sunspot cycle. http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SunspotCycle.shtml de Doug KR2Q _________________________
does any of this sound, umm, familiar? http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-11/msg00718.html _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@c
Okay folks. So I admit, that having a bizzarely keen memory, I recalled Rick's memo from last year citing the same topic and same solution. So now, I'll dig even deeper into the past (1998) when this
Hi all (especially users of assistance: packet/internet/spotting nets/etc). So - I am looking at the SS results summary (thanks Dink) on 3830. I note that (currently) the number 1 slot for SO HP Unli
TRUTH: I sure do love contesting!!!! Co-Truth: I sure do dislike phone! Outline: I. Blah, blah, blah II. Rigs/antennas III. Potentially interesting Stats. IV. Heard on the bands IV.3. Oh no, not THAT
Mal: Personally, I would stay out of the window, but being QRP, it probably wouldn't matter either way. To answer your question, you should probably direct your concern(s) to the sponsor (ARRL, in th
Randy: Well, I did say that I have never used SCP (or even check partial), so I apologize if it appeared that I was impugning your efforts with SCP for that reason. I have received other comments alo
I hope this is my final post...beating a dead horse. 1. I too overheard some horrible stuff on 75. The "contester" was asked why he felt compelled CQ in "the window." What I heard was "I am 2kc above
In the adveritising biz, this is called an "echo;" a reminder to look somewhere else for good info. Check out Kelly's post from November 20: http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/cq-contest/2006-Nove
Hi all: Not sure why there are so many posts about "assisted." It is in the rules. http://www.cqww.com/WW%20Rules%202006.pdf Look under the definition of SINGLE OP. It says, "Those stations at which