Joe, Check out the sidebars in the 2006 CW SS web report at http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/results/2006/ss-cw/ I believe the "Least-Worked Sections" and "Missed Sections" graphs would be o
Not true. If you look at your Log Checking Report from last year, you will see that you were penalized if you copied the serial number incorrectly. No free passes for off-by-one serial numbers. In th
Everything you ever wanted to know about Sweepstakes log checking is in this article... http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/results/2006/ss-cw/myth.html 73, Steve, N2IC ________________________
If "prec" and "pwr" don't do it, then your only recourse is to ask for the entire exchange again. 73, Steve, N2IC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@co
Your example is perfectly within the rules, but a little misstated. It should be this: Station A is the RUN station, on 15 meters Station B is the MULT station, on 20 meters At time > 10 minutes Stat
It gets real interesting when you work the zone 33 station without knowing his call. You send "5nn4 cl?", and all you get is dit dit. So, you say piss on it and spin the dial...there's lots of other
We have discussed, ad nauseum, compressing the log submission deadlines in some contests. Let's not stray into that topic (again !). However, we should consider the other extreme. For CQWW, for examp
Did you obtain explicit consent from Kelly and Gary, prior to the contest, that you would not be submitting their log ? I feel really bad for Kelly and Gary, having put in such a great effort, only t
No doubt, 20 meters really stunk for everyone last weekend. However, a one time anomaly is not a good reason to change what has worked well for the past 25 years. If you question whether this last Sp
Okay, Pete. I'll swap. Change the WPX back to 30 hours maximum for single-ops, and the Sprint can be changed to start at 23Z. That will allow the westerner's to be more competitive in WPX, like they
You're almost on the right track, Mike. Look at how the number of east coast entries in the Sprint has gone down compared to west coast entries in the last 20-25 years. The east coast was much more c
It was a lot easier for VP6DX to ignore (and be ignored by) Europeans, than it will be for K5D. 73, Steve, N2IC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@cont
Thank you for pointing this out, Prasad. Some of today's most highly respected contesters were DQ'd when they were first learning the ropes. Instead of being turned off by this "public shaming", and
Share your pictures from the ARRL DX contest ! Go to www.contesting.com, click on "Add ARRL DX 2009" on the right side. Have fun ! 73, Steve, N2IC _______________________________________________ CQ-C
Dmitri didn't need to do this. AutoHotKey (www.autohotkey.com) is a great piece of free software that can map any key, and works great with all Windows contesting software. 73, Steve, N2IC __________
Watch this video of KA1NCN @ KL7RA : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLBU_LMJ1iI Surprisingly, it doesn't look like his hair is on fire. 73, Steve, N2IC _______________________________________________
Your interpretation is not correct. Please go read http://www.cqwpx.com/rules_faq.htm 73, Steve, N2IC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com
No such joy for those of us on the other side... Chinese broadcasters still on 7185, 7130, 7125 and 7105. 73, Steve, N2IC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Co
Go to www.contesting.com. Click on "See More New Contester Info". Click on "Getting Started in Contesting", then click on "Getting Started in Contesting - Power Point Presentation". 73, Steve, N2IC _