want to dit to Why -- I was charged a penalty only for busted calls, not for errors in exchanges. Seems reasonable, cuz you get a couple of chances at the callsign in SS. I think it's high time that
I had one callsign not in the database, but because he gave me #1 (I think), it was not questioned. My three busted calls were deleted and penalties charged. Seems fair to me, particularly since the
... Not my understanding -- I had one ultra-unique, not in the database at all, but it was kept because he gave me #1. It would be helpful, though, to have the criteria explicitly stated. 73, Pete Sm
Amen - I ran into two in the just-completed ARRL test who sent powers of 1k/999 and 100/99 in successive QSOs with me - annoying, at best. 73, Pete Smith N4ZR n4zr@contesting.com Loud is. -- CQ-Conte
Most of the answers to this haven't seemed to recognize the special problems in a major contest situation -- it's tough to go split or to move and find a new hole to CQ in, when the band is packed. A
That's exactly the danger I was referring to, but I guess I should have qualified this some ... it seems to take a couple of successful late calls before discipline starts to break down, so if you go
that's Although I think it's OK to use Control N notes recorded during the contest as the basis for post-contest repairs, where the mechanics of the moment precluded going back into the log to make a
To keep us from competing evenly with Europe! To truly level the playing field, the rules should divide the United States into regions (call-areas?) roughly the size of the major countries of Europe,
Jan, I also deplore the practice of encouraging stations outside Region 2 to transmit SSB below 7040, but it's not "illegal" or "forbidden." IARU said only that member societies should "advise" their
Rob, I had one very early on, and was fascinated by the phonetic voicing capabilities. as a result I spent a lot of time trying to build voice files that would string together and sound natural. My f
I sympathize, but in real life it seems to me that often the two stations start out not interfering, and then things change. Propagation shifts, or one or the other station tweaks his VFO ever so sli
I think we need to define what is the essence of a human operator, and draw the line before that line is breached. The robot Bill describes is clearly out of bounds, because it entirely replaces the
I've experimented over the past year with using SCP files that others have compiled, and have been quite impressed by the number of "uniques" that have crept into the data. It's enough to make me dar
I just quit in the middle of WPX. Sure, my amp died, but that wasn't the whole story. In other contests, other times, I would have scrambled to borrow a replacement and soldiered on. After 16 hours (
... Amen! I'm fortunate enough to have my kids and their families relatively nearby, and so I still have the problem. We all know it has to be worse for young families. The best way to keep contestin
A couple of thoughts -- Take a listen to CT1BOH's best hour at P40E in the CQWWCW test (on www.contesting.com). He sent "TU P40E" after almost every QSO, even at 250+/hour. He also used "ENNN" for hi
... Amen! I'm fortunate enough to have my kids and their families relatively nearby, and so I still have the problem. We all know it has to be worse for young families. The best way to keep contestin
A couple of thoughts -- Take a listen to CT1BOH's best hour at P40E in the CQWWCW test (on www.contesting.com). He sent "TU P40E" after almost every QSO, even at 250+/hour. He also used "ENNN" for hi
Boy, I dunno. After missing a sweep last year (again) in SSCW, now that it's legal I might turn on packet Sunday afternoon, when things are slow anyway, to find the missing section. If unlimited stat