Bob, I really enjoyed reading your post. It reminded me of back when I got hooked on contesting. I had the best time in the 1972 Sweepstakes. I worked my butt off and made, I think it was, 71 QSOs. L
It's interesting how a thread called "f/B Antenna ratios - reception" morphed from "how did I get trounced when I thought I did so well" to a full-blown trip down memory lane! I'm glad to see there a
I think we can safely say this didn't start after the contest ended :) They were probably doing it for the whole weekend but we were too busy to notice Mark, N5OT ___________________________________
WM5R is correct. Nobody is going to be penalized because N7MAL's log is deemed to be unstable by the cross-checking software. N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing l
I can't believe I'm saying this: Ward, I think you're splitting hairs. I think the telnet version of packet (or whatever you call that) has been so assimilated into what hams do that it would qualif
And this guy has rightfully earned his new "Single Operator Assisted Clean Sweep Dixie Cup" to put on his shelf next to all his other prestigious awards (Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery). It baffles me
If the sponsor required you to say "Santa Clara Valley" instead of "sugar charlie victor" using phone, shouldn't the same argument be made for sending "SANTA CLARA VALLEY" instead of sending "SCV" u
Ev, it baffles me that you think all this stuff is somehow secret. 1. Anyone can look up years of cq-contest content in the archives 2. Anyone can subscribe to this reflector and participate 3. Anyo
Good question, Clint. Absolutely case-by-case. There are a number of variations, and little, if any, of it is regulated by law anymore. I'm not sure, but I imagine the person who holds the call that
I have two of these radios and have used them simultaneously under hard contest conditions for 100% of 2 complete contest seasons, going into the third season with them. This includes two World #1 A
Actually a better way to put this would be "using the internet to solicit contacts" which is what you are doing if your radio spots come from the internet, as is common practice now, but for some re
My friend Ken, WM5R, asks: It's easy to blow this idea out of proportion. Frankly, I don't really care which way the wind happens to be blowing, I think it's a great moment when a close friend you've
George, you gotta go a long way to get from "a friend telling you there's a juicy one on" to "feeding me spotting info on my run frequency." Major difference. I didn't solicit it. 73 - Mark, N5OT __
Steve, I can appreciate your frustration, but I suggest there may be some other points of view. You didn't say who was there first - I assume you probably tuned upon the scenario already in progress
I was about to take a shot at an answer, but read the rest of the post: How funny, I am the op at HC8N who worked Denny a 2nd time. I don't think any of the ops at HC8N wasted the time it would take
Blake, you would get into his log if you just worked him a second time, and it would save you a lot of time. Because he has full access to his UBN report, you would be helping him learn how to opera
This can be very frustrating. I think the strongest message to get across under these circumstances to the guy telling you you're a dupe is: "You're not in my log." On phone this is easy because you
This is an exact description of what the AEA MM-3 did 20 years ago. This is funny because before TRlog could generate code with the computer, you used an AEA keyer like this, and the computer would
Thanks to all for some interesting reading. I'll chime in with N2NL and all those who maintain that there is a "high road" and a "low road" in this question. Doing well in Sweepstakes when your succe
This would put you in the "assisted" category. Doing this and entering "unassisted" would be cheating. 73 - Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Cont