Thanks to the generosity of WK6I, and his www.twistedoak.com winery, those trophy's will be available to the deserving in CQP 2005. Even N1ND says he's going to jump into CQP this year to earn a bot
The location of a national convention is seldom driven by those attending - it's almost exclusively driven by two things: 1) The politics of the organizers 2) The best deal that can be had within th
Visalia needs help. 73, de -KR- N6RCE PS - can you turn your MIC gain down a bit? 10 pt, even 12 pt is fine. 14 pt isn't needed, takes up too much spectrum. Lets take a step back in history. At one t
Jim had the privledge of sitting in one of the less "crowded" sections of the Saturday night dinner. Many folks didn't see dinner till after 9PM (7:30 was the stated serving time). Many folks didn't
I didn't say Visalia wasn't a great convention. I said it needed help. It's way overflowed the capacity of the Holiday Inn. It should be held in a venue that can support the crowds. Sounds a lot like
"additional" - I'd like to add more contesting to the venue, w/o taking away any of the DX. Thanks for the hints Jim! N6RCE -KR- _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing li
SOAB-HIGH is the accepted Cabrillo syntax for 'SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH'. 73, de -KR- N6RCE n6rce@arrl.net K4BAI asked: John, consider yourself lucky to have gotten anything back. I submitted a 100+ QSO lo
My apogolies... SOAB- is the option name that some contest log robots accept, and sometimes exclusively. It's not what the spec says, rather what's been observed. My choice of words was at fault. 73,
The results and the excellent writeup of the 2004 California QSO Party (CQP) are available now as part of the NCCC March jug. www.nccc.cc Select Newsletter and select March 05. AD6E, Al did another e
(I am forwarding this on behalf of Andy, KR6DD - KR N6RCE) Comments from KR6DD, ARRL OOC, SCV, Pac.Div.: This was a typical situation of people getting "hot under the collar" from some misunderstandi
Sure seems like an opportunity for someone to take over and provide a better solution. 73, de -KR- N6RCE n6rce@arrl.net Absent any plausible explanation for this scheduling stupidity from the New Reg
Aren't these coordinate systems hierarchical? Can we compute things higher up from those lower? Grid -> county -> ITU Zone Perhaps it will take a table map. If so, then fill in records based on the
Consider the version of the 10 minute rule now used in the California QSO Party - Once an operator starts, that Op must remain at the transmitter for 10 minutes. He can do anything the station is ca
Enforcement is an interesting issue - editing a cab file to reflect what you want it to show is pretty easy. Several of the contesting packages support operator changes - that would be one way to sh
This is what was done for California QSO Party starting in 2003. Once an operator starts, he's on for ten minutes. It played well last year. Yes, the log won't directly reveal cheaters. 73, de -KR-
Hello contesters! The best state QSO Party and the start of the serious contest season is now only a month away. 2004 CALIFORNIA QSO PARTY 1600Z October 2, 2004 until 2200Z October 3, 2004 All Califo
BTW, we've managed to "stock" all the counties in California QSO Party. Lot's of activity is going on this week in prep for CQP. Checking out FD style equipment, tests, etc. 73, de -KR- N6RCE CU in t
Hi All, The California QSO Party is this weekend - Oct 2 @ 16Z (12PM EDT). Check out the county operating plan at: http://www.cqp.org/Counties-Plan-2004.html Bob, N6TV has done another excellent job
Hi All, The deadline is approaching for submitting your logs for the California QSO Party (CQP). (November 15th - a Monday). If you've not already done so, now is a good time to get that log wrapped
Use of clusters is in the rules, as a separate category, for those contests that allow spotting. Those that allow spotting also state no self spotting. K1TTT is simplying pointing out suspicous data