Along those lines, I think one's perspective on many of these controversial issues depends a lot on what percentage of operating is (or has in the past been) exclusively S&P (not running or SO2R). Tw
This is an interesting topic. I'll share my thoughts as someone who entered the hobby at age 12 and who recently turned 40. I'm not young, but I'm among the younger participants in a typical contest.
like setups for each contest? How many hear would operate a contest that way? Would it take away from the fun? I think this is a superb idea... at least to have a category that is very easy to set u
I'll also mention that the weekly Phone Fray contest does seem to attract a lot of casual operators. I try to operate in it when I can, and always take the time to briefly rag chew to explain the rul
There are some *superb* ideas in this write-up, Ed. I think it's worth considering on its own merits regardless of whether it's deemed to fit into the WRTC mission. Two other ideas that might be help
I think RBN was very bogged down on Saturday night. Spots were taking 30+ minutes to appear. 73, Matt NQ6N _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin
I hope nobody leaves the reflector over this discussion! To the fiercest competitors among us, the rules matter A LOT. We should all be pleased to see the community taking the rules seriously and dis
This is a great point, Jack. I've been thinking about this as well. Perhaps there is some way to allow participants to both participate and act as "coach" to a new participant, without obtaining bene
If the concern is bandwidth used, shouldn't split operation be banned as well? How does same band dueling CQ use more bandwidth than "listening on this frequency and 7050"? In both cases it is the ac
Steve, While it's true that sometimes two stations will listen on the same frequency, I don't think this happens intentionally. It most likely a scenario where neither is able to generate rate and so
Joe, I think something along those lines is a great idea and would add to the number of operating strategies (and station optimization strategies) that could be used tow in. Most logs include the exa
Spotting makes some of the skills required to contest and work DX less useful, but it makes other skills more useful. Knowing that the station at the other end has a packet pileup helps me determine
Very interesting, Pete. I'll definitely check it out and likely use it. But just for the record, I don't necessarily think that seeing too many spots is bad for a new ham, it helps to illustrate how
I would think that broadband SDR recordings from multiple places around the world ought to provide enough data to enforce many of the harder-to-enforce rules. It would seem an operator-provided recor
My intention was just to point out that even with extreme measures cheating would still be easy to do. I think the contest organizers should be very clear about exactly the kind of cheating strategi
I think it depends on which category is more fun for the individual op. Merging them into one category would just bump a lot of ops down in the standings and offer less of an apples-to-apples compari
I've been sympathetic to many of the ideas shared in this thread, but upon reading Kelly's defense of the Sweepstakes rules I find myself fully persuaded. He's absolutely right. The playing field is
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Jim has been a great source of mentor-ship for hams of all ages through is comments on various reflectors and through his many articles and presentation decks that he's shared. As a relatively young
Art, Great points. I think both are very important and very pleased to hear that you are able to offer both in the high school club you are involved with. I think having decent test equipment availab