The "control operator" is the person who is in "control" of the operation of the station AT THE TIME OF TRANSMISSION. It is NOT the station licensee unless that person is "in control" of the station.
The enforcement letter you link to was NOT for a multi-op. It was a SINGLE OP by a tech using the extra call sign of the station. Third party don't apply. He was operating illegally out of band. PERI
I missed that line. The FCC has long been known to issue conflicting rulings. One field office will interpret things one way and another will interpret them differently. The only resolution is a rule
Always enter the call sign as given. If the logging program doesn't recognize the country, don't worry about it. The scoring software will figure it out from your cabrillo file that you submit. The o
I would think the easiest way would be to set up your own RF cluster node. DXSpider is free. See http://www.dxcluster.org/. Of course, a dedicated computer, radio, TNC and antenna are required. Mike,
My recollection is vague but I believe there was a station on Walvis Bay using a gigantic rhombic on 20M. ZS9A? Mike, W1NR --Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-cont
Good points. My 5 el HyGain 205BA at 110' will generally punch through ANY pileup with only a handful of calls (usually one is enough). I have noticed that it will regularly beat out other stations t
You missed the Boy Scout JOTA last weekend. That would have been perfect. This weekend is CQ WW SSB, the most popular and congested phone contest of the year. You will be better off making a sched on
Try it again. It worked for me a few minutes ago. Got a thank-you reply that the log was received. Mike, W1NR eMailed my log to ssb@cqww.com and the server puked it up as undeliverable. Anyone got th
I found that the early MFJ was terrible with any kind of power. I know of a few with the new model who claim it is much better. I have been using a soundcard and WriteLog for some time, but that was
There is no CW DX window that I know of. In general, DXpeditions have been known to work around 25KHz from the bottom of the band listening up. The US allocation 3500-3525 is extra class only with ge
Using WriteLog and the latest country file, VK0DX came up as Antarctica, but the zone didn't match what he was sending, 39 vs. 29 in the file. Mike, W1NR --Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces
How about offering advertisers a special "sponsorship" and advertising rate to pay for the line scores? Give them special mention and prominence on the line score pages. After all, the awards and tro
Why not shunt feed the tower? Otherwise, an inverted L suspended away from the tower on a rope. Mike, W1NR In addition to Don's request, maybe someone can offer a suggestion for a 160m antenna, hangi
WWV K index was 9 this morning, the result of a MONSTER X17 class solar flare a couple of days ago. See http://www.spaceweather.com/ for more info. Try VHF AU skip instead of HF! Mike, W1NR Are the b
Randy's interpretation is the way I have been operating for 20+ years... Mike, W1NR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.cont
Anytime this has happened at any M/S I have worked in we simply mark the QSO as unclaimed. As long as you do not claim points for it, you don't get penalized and the station worked gets credit. Delet
You are right! There is no provision in Cabrillo to claim 0 points as in the days before Cabrillo. Maybe this is something to bring to the attention of the contest sponsors that accept Cabrillo? I wi
Let's look at this with regards to precedence. Virtually all of the M/S winning stations and record holders employ a second multiplier station. No one has ever been disqualified for using a second mu
I don't remember the exact call, but I once heard something like 5H5/JH1SHJ in one of the CW contests. Try fisting that out on a straight key! Mike, W1NR _____________________________________________