N2IC - the distance from A71 to EU is actually not much more as V47 to the US A71 to Bulgaria (eastern EU) = 1886 miles V47 to NYC = 1797 miles Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid ____________
Rich, It would be interesting if someone would run Andy's V47 logs using distance based scoring the year's he didn't win in CQWW CW. In a few of those years he actually had more QSO'S than the winne
Since a "fair" worldwide DX contest isn't realistic then get rid of all the awards for World and Continental winners. Breakdown all the leaderboards and awards by regions. The current leaderboards ar
You guys are lucky. I have to complete again PR and VI just to win my division. In many years that's who wins the whole contest. Jeff Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid ______________________
Stan, Doesn't 4U1UN do that when they get on from NYC? Also, same for VE's working the US? That almost sounds like a domestic contest to me? Also EU working other EU on the low bands for the majority
I'm going to be taking over running a smaller contest soon and need some tips on how to incorporate log submissions on our webpage. I'm also wondering about how people are checking logs. I'm assuming
Thanks everyone for your input and ideas. Much appreciated. Jeff KU8E _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mai
Alan N3AD, Maybe I'm biased because I was born in Cincinnati but Dayton isn't in the same league as Cincinnati. It's the minor leagues compared to Cincinnati which is a major league city. No disrespe
The last few years I have attended both Huntsville and Orlando. Both are very good and have contesting activities. Huntsville is held in the Von Braun center which is a modern arena with associated o
Don't know what the square footage of the Greene County Fairgrounds is but this is the information about Hara from their webpage: Ball Arena - 27,000 sf Conference Center 97,000 sf East Hall - 32,000
Here's an idea. How about having three regional qualifying events that are held during the three IARU contests before the year of the actual WRTC? Use the same rules and the similar FD type setups th
Yes Tor. One location for each regional qualifying event just like the real WRTC. That would make it a totally level playing field. Jeff Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid ___________________
Based on my WRTC experience most of the teammates who were picked are pretty good contest operators on their own. It's just common sense to choose someone you know, because after all this is a team c
A 130 ft center fed zepp is a pretty good multi-band antenna if you are limited on what you can put up but you should be aware of the antenna patterns this antenna produces on the different bands. Mi
I believe the antenna that W8TAH described is NOT a dipole because he mentioned he feeds it with open wire feeder. A center fed zepp cut for 80 meters is usually about 130-135 long and fed at the cen
Pretty much all of the top scoring stations in both M/S and M2X categories have multiple stations per band. Have you ever wondered why some M/S entries might have 10 to 15 operators? That's why. One
How about a compromise? The difference between 100 and 200 watts isn't much.. but between 100 and 500 watts there is a big difference. There are lots of 500 watt amplifiers in the market now, for exa
I have a hard time believing that those stations in Cyprus are running only 400 watts. Just like the Italians claiming to be running 300 watts and some of the other European countries claiming 400 wa
PV8ADI was sending RR for his power whatever that means? Jeff Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:
I feel bad for anyone who gets DQ'ed in a contest. That being said I'm 100 percent sure that the CQWW contest committee doesn't take the decision to disqualify someone lightly. Especially if it's som