KU8E said: Like any game (or competitive sport) those who have the most "toys" always win. It's no different with amateur radio contesting. Back when I started contesting in 1976 there was no compute
This is old news, and was addressed over two years ago, resulting in an unprecedented quality of relationship between Governor Romney and amateur radio. By the way did you know Mars is going to be as
In NAQP it is standard operating procedure for all the people at a Multi-Two to use only one name for the whole contest. All the operators use the same name. Mark, N5OT -- ___________________________
Ah, Steve. But why should contesting be like every other sport? IMHO the fact that we DON'T know how our competitors are doing is something that both defines contesting and also sets us apart from o
K9MA asked: Yaa. I usually do this a couple times a year. No problem with security. I carry two IC-746PROs. "One is my carry-on. The other is my personal item." They usually get special treatment at
Thanks for hitting the nail on the head, Bob. It's good to have a forum and this is definitely a complex question. "Intent of the founders" is always a tricky argument to make and yet it has a lot o
I think more guys send "?" for "QRL?" than they do for "huh?" Whenever I hear a question mark and there is nothing else going on (like for instance trying to copy someone else who is not sending "?"
Bzzzzzt. Art, you are in error. This is not obvious. I can see how you might think that, but I can tell you from experience that more than half of the ditty-dumb-dumb-dittys that come across my CQ fr
Here here. Jim's post pretty much sums it up for me. I'm not for anything that makes the game unrecognizable. Certainly not interested in playing a game I don't recognize and that I don't find intere
Yeah, and we'll never go to the moon either. Bob, it's just a matter of time once you set your mind to it. Allowing skimmer as "unassisted" = setting a bunch of brilliant minds to it. Mark, N5OT ____
Thank you Martin. Well put. This is not a matter of a simple rules adjustment. It goes some layers deeper. Skimmer should be recognized as a shift in fundamentals by participants and sponsors alike.
Gosh Hal, should I be embarrassed to be your teammate? Such a diabolical mind! It seems like this sort of thing you suggest is unsportsmanlike and should not be allowed by the rules. It's a well unde
Thanks Tonno. I didn't go back and figure out how to measure it, but I have been wondering how much weight to give to the position of someone who is not a fellow competitor? I'm more inclined to pay
Dick, I believe the phrase does include things "like local Skimmer" and the "etc" drives it home. To me the definition clearly includes Skimmer. Mark, N5OT ___________________________________________
I can't answer for whether the writer of the rule used the correct elements of style. However, dictionaries define the word "etcetera" as: "a number of other things or persons unspecified." Since Sk
To: Sponsors It would be so much easer to follow the "I know it when I see it" rule of life. Unfortunately that does not appear to be workable. If a definition of "Single Operator Unassisted" is requ
Hmm. Actually this is one of the reasons K1TTT et al do all that spot analysis after every contest. It *is* understood to be advantageous, it is accepted by most to be in bad form, it can be detected
I read KY1V's post: And I read N6TR's original post: I appreciate all the work being done over the past decades to make our results more meaningful. I can think of no instance in the past 20 years wh
Golly, Warren, I hate to break it to you but you're quite a number of years behind in your comments. At this point, we can certainly say that these systems have been in place for a long time and have
I absolutely disagree. New competitions where everyone has to start at zero are good, and I especially like the "paperless" facet of this one, which would be severely hampered by not starting it over