Here we go again. This is getting tiresome! SO2R is *one* operator doing all the logging and all the listening and all the whatever. The operator has two or three or four receivers to listen on simul
Steve, a more feasible possibility is for someone to develop an "Internet Radio Contest" game, with subscriptions; that is people pay to compete interactively. The competition would not require an am
First, congratulations on your data base for the 3830 system. It is most usable and interesting. The search for a call-sign feature is excellent. I suppose I am naive but it never occurred to me that
The CW Sprint (my favorite contest) will take place Saturday night in North America as most of us know. In addition, the FOC Marathon will overlap since the Sprint has moved to this weekend to escape
In my opinion, Dave is correct. The Sprint is a very quick split-second competition. Even a half second error in timing will cause a missed contact. If there ever were a contest that is a hard core t
snip Leigh, now I agree with you. It took several off-reflector emails to and from CT1BOH for me to realize the full capabilities of this. I didn't realize that one reads text files in real time, the
On behalf of Mike, W9RE, who is on his way to PJ4-Bonaire for the ARRL DX CW Contest: The Slow NS (SNS) is 15 minutes long, and starts at 03:00Z, before the regular NS Practice. It's a great way for
I agree with Randy here in all respects. The ARRL DX contest actually requires that one copy an exchange. Short of a serial number, this is one of the best possible exchanges. The fact that stations
So do I. Jim N3BB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
Good point. This is a key. It will be important for the contest sponsors to require the frequency of the QSOs be part of the database submitted in the Cabrillo files. That should make a "signature" c
This issue has me concerned about the future of contesting, especially CW contesting, my real interest. Now that I think about it, I agree that we should not have to record the contests, or to list t
I have wrestled with this, because in general I agree that we must embrace technology as a productivity driver. In fact I have invested in both money and time in making my station a competitive SO2R
Joe, you and I are on different philosophical wavelengths on this and remote operations. I contend the capability to pick out (basically) all the signals on a band with a wide IF and software and the
I agree with you in many aspects, Hank. My comments were clear that they applied to CW and SSB only, not to RTTY where the machine decoding is essential. In fact, RTTY is the ideal category to move a
It might be a silly rule, but it is a rule. As long as it is stated as a rule it should be complied with. 4O3A should be DQ'd. It's as simple as that. If we want to eliminate the RS(T), then get it e
Personally I believe adding additional non-human single-operator methods of receiving signals (and populating band maps) within the S/O category is unwise. However the future trend line of this, whet
The current headline from Radio-Sport.net indicated the Skimmer will be allowed in the IARU by S/O competitors. Assuming that is correct, that is a total game-changer. The WPX was not a contest where
From Randy Thompson: "Here is your assignment. Propose new rule wordings for single op and single op assisted that are simple, easily understood/translated to multiple languages, will be widely accep
From Randy Thompson: "Here is your assignment. Propose new rule wordings for single op and single op assisted that are simple, easily understood/translated to multiple languages, will be widely accep
This, from Kelly, VE4XT, is one of the clearest and most logical summaries I have seen. It follows a similarly logical analysis from Keith, GM4YXI. W4TV and others argue that the ability to populate