It might not be correct to describe Italians as the most egregious example of running excessive power. Italians are frequently loud, and amplifiers similar to those used by the average DXer are proba
Might I point out that my intention while writing was not to find fault with the operators in the UK, Canada, etc. My personal views on the use of amplifiers in the countries that do not allow 1500W
"or have had similar power limits in the past" There was a time that the power limits in Canada were significantly lower than the US limits. Note that I am not pointing an acusing finger at Canadians
Sorry to be entering this thread without first reading the article. Nevertheless, it's easy to pick up what appears on page 98 of QST from reading the thread. Well, it's easy to say that this is the
No Asia on the low bands from the West Coast in NAQP. We barely get enough time to work a few sections in the US on 40 and 80 before the contest ends. Not enough "hours of darkness". We're 3 hours be
and Well, I'm going to have to disagree both with your count and your conclusions. First of all, K5RC is in Nevada, N6ZZ is in New Mexico, and K6LL is in Arizona. Now, to a guy in 8 land that sounds
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This is the kind of discussion I like to hear on here. Plenty of ideas, often conflicting ideas to be sure, but everyone has ideas. Well, there are a lot of contests now; if we try creating another c
Years of experience shows that it takes more than knowing privileges. You need to know where privileges are ignored, both by those countries where "gentlemen's agreements" are actually adhered to --
When BPL takes hold, this will become very common. getting least even and seem should we also probably very proud of known European competitive in of such world shake our Dayton suite? ______________
The rising spector of BPL, the frivolous changes to the structure of amateur in the US, the terrible attacks upon Morse Code as a mode of communications, and the tragic loss of our keystone of commun
My own practice has been to route the 160/40/15M antennas to one rig, and the 80/20/10M antennas to the other. The "Run"/"S&P" status of each rig changes according to the choice that I make. For exte
Henry, you may have picked a tough weekend for this. I'll bet that 17 M will work better than 15 M for this. The CQWW phone contest is likely to get in the way otherwise. Or else, you might try tunin
You know, you left a major bit of information out of your posting. You didn't tell the list what country you'll be doing your contesting from. This gives us a bit of a problem. If you were going to b
I would have to think that the contest sponsors are not the correct source for "what is not ethical." Contest sponsors write the rules. The contesting community works to define what is ethical. Of co
I should think that the multioperator class disallows self spotting in the SS also, as would the unlimited. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesti
This is not necessarily the only approach. It does not provide for a level playing ground, either. This forum is here to consider a number of approaches. answer is solves makes sense! _______________
I don't really believe that the issue with most contesters in the US is whether packet is fair or unfair anymore. That may be an issue in some places in the world -- perhaps at a dxpedition to Madaga
Why, that's nothing. Back in the days that the exchange was longer (before 1970) I ran across some multioperator stations signing one callsign and inserting another callsign into the exchange. Very c
I am going to agree here with Mike here. There was once a time that the FCC interpretation of the rules agreed with Mal. These days the only thing that prevents a guest operator at N7MAL's QTH from s