With all the logs publicly available, and with log-checking/scoring software not that difficult to find, you'd think that folks who were really interested in alternative scoring schemes would simply
Did anyone tally the feedback made _after_ WPX about stations that felt they were more/less disadvantaged because of the ID requirement, or stations that that found the contest more/less fun because
One simple incentive to go to 3830 when doing post-contest cleanup: They have the submission email address / URL for each contest posted on the score submission sheet. It's simpler than going back to
Regardless of what I might personally think about certain geopolitical events, I wholeheartedly agree with Dave's sentiments. I do wonder, however, if this sets a poor precedent for a future installm
I've been meaning to hunt down a freeband forum someplace, and see if those folks had anything to say about this past weekend. -- Michael Adams | N1EN | mda@n1en.org _________________________________
A couple of thoughts: 1. Are the lack of more recent check digits really symptomatic of demographics, or are they symptomatic of some checks being more fun to send than others? For example, I was fir
There are umpteen different distinctions that can be made within single operator to reflect the potential capabilities of those variations and personal preferences. If contest organizers tried to rec
Just out of curiosity, is there a specific citation for the "an FCC licensee...MUST use his or her FCC license" bit? I wouldn't be surprised if some visitors who get US tickets might not be aware of
I realize that the change is described as "final", but I'll offer a thought (since I've managed to be quiet so far). First, it should be noted that I'm probably not going to be in the running for a W
The WRTC2018 qualification rules include this passage: That, being excluded from this year's results, and being the public focus of quite a bit of unwanted attention (now and in the future) are proba
One quick observation: Speaking from past experience, when I've jumped in mid-way/late in a contest with a serial number exchange, I have received fewer "?" responses when sending leading T's than wh
I'll admit that I'd think twice if I were asked to record each and every contest here. That reluctance wouldn't be due to having anything to hide or finding something offensive about the request; ins
Regarding the discussion of whether running skimmer software with certain features turned off is or isn't "assistance", I'd like to offer a simple rule of thumb: If you feel a need to lawyer a justif
Assuming we're focused on CW, I think that a tool that displays a waterfall of the current audio passband without actually decoding doesn't quite rise to the level of "assistance" (although it probab
Remember that we got the Classic overlay for CQWW after discussion on separate SO1R and 24 hour categories reached a point where it looked like we were going to have a side-contest held parallel to /
I was also thinking that it's a function of: you stick with what you know. I forget how exactly I was introduced to the N1MM logging program. (I remember how I was introduced to N1MM himself.) The pr
"Simple" has multiple definitions. It's a "simple" process in that the steps involved are fairly straightforward. It's not a "simple" process in that there are multiple steps required, and some of th
I'll suggest that folks might want to look at some of the gaming keyboards on the market. Hardcore gamers are particular about the feel of their keyboards, and I'm also a fan of programmable keys, wh
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I haven't seen anything mentioned on this reflector... but apparently Mother Nature didn't check the contesting calendar before sending Hurricane Patricia (strongest hurricane ever measured) to make