Ron, Read the WRTC selection criteria for North American stations at www.wrtc2014.org/team-selection. Pay particular attention to the North American team selection areas. North America has been divid
For those of you who are game to change the rules and scoring of existing contests, I would like to remind you of the law of unintended consequences. The recent IARU HF contest is a perfect example.
By that logic, you would advocate the following changes: - Change CQWW CW and SSB rules so same-country North Americans QSO's count for 2 points. - Change ARRL DX to world-works-world. 2 points per Q
When was the Florida QSO Party before the Dayton hamvention vacated the last-weekend-in-April slot ? Why not a combined GA-FL QSO Party the 2nd weekend of April ? 73, Steve, N2IC ____________________
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I agree with Juha. There are really two rule changes here: 1) Must have a transmit interlock when two (or more) radios on same band. Completely unenforceable. 2) No alternating CQ's on the same band.
Yes, CQWW already had such a rule. And since CQWW already had the rule, why should CQWW specify the method of compliance ? No it's not up to them. It must be hardware or software. Human lockout (usin
I have had a pair of TS-590's since July, and have used them very successfully in the IARU, NAQP CW, and NA Sprint. I'll mostly concur with Filipe, but with a few comments: - Turning off the PREamp o
Here's a very good article on the ARRL web site which addresses this and many other contesting ethics questions: http://www.arrl.org/hf-operating-guidelines 73, Steve, N2IC __________________________
Even that isn't enough. When EF8M posted a YouTube of their operation a few years ago, there were several "accidental" shots of their WaveNode wattmeters in action. One shot showed power being split
Gee, Bob, I know the USA is #1 in everything else, but the USA doesn't mandate the ham radio power limit worldwide. In fact, some countries do not even explicitly specify an amateur radio power limit
Hi Yan, This seems very strange. Here are some QSO's from my log showing stations worked on 15 meters from your area: QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 0006 N2IC 59 NM YB1AR 59 500 QSO: 21201 PH 2012-03-03 00
Hi Yan, Some comments below. 73, Steve, N2IC The usual short path opening from western NA to SE Asia. The Moxon has some serious interaction with other antennas or metallic objects when pointed in th
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/index.do?document=313370 Before you roll your eyes, wondering what this has to do with contesting, see Question 2 on Page 3: a. What private land use restriction
For ? Against ? This is not a notice of rulemaking. It's a request for comments on a number of open-ended questions. 73, Steve, N2IC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
Full line scores for all ARRL contests are already available on-line. No need to wait for the digital edition. Go to http://www.arrl.org/contest-results-articles , select your favorite contest, and s
If they use a different --transmitter-- and a different --call-- and it's a different --operator-- then it is allowed. This is exactly how PVRC and NCCC rack up those big club aggregate scores in Swe
Measure it, and compare with the original specs. See August, 2012 QST, page 44. 73, Steve, N2IC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:
My solution to this problem is simple. I call them. If I'm a dupe, it wastes their time, too. Good. I work them, and ask for their call. If they give their call, and it's a dupe, it wastes their time
N1MM Logger has several "features" that could be misused for post-contest log scrubbing. As a member of the development team, I made a change a few years ago to not allow those features to be used un