The cheaters out there won. They will find another way to cheat now they now don't have to worry about being detected using assistance. Jeff Thank you all for your inputs. I have my convictions on t
I think some of the more serious elite operators like SOU because they feel a sense of accomplishment that they pushed their operating skills to the limit without help from anyone. Add spots to that
JohnI got this message as well but it still accepted my log. That's OK or do I need to resubmit. JeffSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -- Original message --From: John Dorr <cqk1ar@gmai
Mike,I personally experienced what you described this weekend. I got on the air remotely on Saturday night as PJ4/KU8E after PJ4A (K4BAI) was finished for the day on 15 meters. I purposely went high
The west coast isn't all that bad if you pick the right category. See results below for 40 meter single band in 2019. W7WA and other west coast stations have regularly won this category on SSB and so
Just because someone wants to operate remotely doesn't make them any lesser of an operator. In fact I would make the argument that someone operating at home has an advantage over someone that is oper
JimIt's pretty impossible to change rules to make contests fair for everyone. If you want to win that badly you just need to go to places where you have some type of competitive advantage. That's why
Sorry to hear about Dave. He was one of the most enthusiastic members of the Mad River Radio Club back in the 1980's and 1990's. I lost count how many times he was president. I operated contests from
Why not in the future have an experiment and have the Sprint be 160-80-40 meters?I agree starting an hour earlier will give more advantage to the west coast.JeffSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy s
RayLook back at past results for the February CW Sprint. Just about every year at least 7 of the top 10 stations in the High Power category are either on the west coast, Texas, NM or Colorado. For th
Wouldn't that translate to that someone who does Single-Op Unlimited OR Single-Op Unassisted can be either All band or Single Band? Maybe they have a typo because you can't be Single-Op Unlimited an
The ARRL sure would make things simpler by getting rid of the "General Rules for All ARRL Contests" document. You sometimes need to look in two places - the rules for the specific contest and the Gen
How about adding low and high band single-op categories in ARRL DX like they used to have years ago? Low band - 160, 80 and 40 meters High band - 20, 15, 10 meters You could keep the single band cate
Many newer contesters don't know any other way to operate a contest than operating assisted. They spend every contest just pointing and clicking on spots, which doesn't really involve any skills at a
Martin, You're taking what I said out of context. Note I said "new" contester not "experienced" contester. A new contester isn't going to be running two frequencies (like you gave in your example) an
Martin, I don't think SOAB is dominated by 2BSIQ. My guess is only a handful (mostly the top 5 in each SOAB HP category) operate this way. The rest are operating the traditional way or SO2R where the
Ray, No disrespect to all my good friends at PJ2T but they're hardly pushing the envelope remotely. I think the 2021 ARRL DX CW was the first contest they ever did remotely as a multi-op. In the past
Unfortunately all the rules for just about every major contest are written for the benefit of those on the east coast corridor. For the rest of us in flyover county if we make a suggestion our ideas
Dimitri, I think the point he was trying to make was about the ARRL DX Contest. In the past you were allowed one run radio and multiplier station(s) with a 10 minute rule. Now you are only allowed on
Unfortunately PJ2T can't have an unmanned remote station in Curacao because of the regulations governing remote operating. If the regulations were like they are in Bonaire they probably would've been