Interesting discussion. Personally I prefer more rules than less, competitor-wide expectations should ideally be clear in writing so you know what you were getting in to before jumping in. Alas conte
Gentlemen (and ladies?), Excellent comments. I painted with too broad a brush and as a result need to engage in a little backpedaling, my bad. Some of you have invested your contesting lifetimes in e
Yeah. I'm thinking it didn't happen too much before 3830 came along - the downside of success I guess. K6LA: True, I didn't say you couldn't. However, I believe that the sooner you post, the more li
K0SR: Here again, Steve, I know you well enough to ask you to your face "how come you haven't sent in your log?" Frankly I would do that to anyone if I was wondering the answer to the question. Certa
[snip] So Mike, why do you post the preliminary scores if using them is fallacious? Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:/
That's a stretch. Eric's exact words were "Moral of the story is if you are a top score then you should post to 3830." There's some distance between "should" and "mandatory." Mark, N5OT _____________
I don't think this is the crux of the argument. The questions we all need to answer are "how much shoddy conduct is acceptable?" and "how much shoddy conduct is too much?" Nobody has said "cheating
I have one of each on the ground and they are easily confused, but Dick's correct, the 55 one is thicker than the 45 one. Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailin
I think it's reasonable to say they also notice where they placed in respect to everyone else near them. I know I do. Call me competitive. It's also reasonable to wonder why the order changes betwee
Check Rule #11 on this page: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php?page=2 Sprint is a hoot. See you in February Bob. Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list
Congrats OM for the milestone, and thanks a lot for doing it! Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/
The official web site http://www.cqwpx.com/ agrees with WA7BNM Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com
I can't argue with that, but in some other competitive activities, everyone *cannot* see how everyone else is doing. This is one of the things I like about radio contesting. Instant gratification is
Never heard of him. Must be SL1M. [smiley face thing here too] N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailm
The rules say nothing about the order of the items to be exchanged. If you copied their call then it was obviously sent at some point. Presumably you would not have gotten as far as deleting the QSO
Likewise, I've never had a transistorized keying interface fail in 20 years of using them. Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.co
Sean said the callsign is part of the exchange. Sean said the rules did NOT say when you had to exchange the callsign. The rules suggest an order for the exchange. In the suggested order, the callsi
Unfortunately the subject line is in error and should read "vote a year from now when nobody remembers the question." I'm probably on the high side of the bell curve for "Old Geezers" and I generally
"What HE said...." It seems like the closer we get to "put down your pencil; the test is over..." the more meaningful the results will be. Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ C
Hans answered: There are "open book tests" and "closed book tests" and I imagine most people think radio contests should be "closed book tests." I certainly would not value a high score as much if I