Good question, Steve. The deadlines are plenty long already; I can't think of any reason to accept a log that's submitted after the published deadline, especially by someone who should know better. I
Sorry Ken, been lurking until the pileup died down. [cq-contest] has certainly been busy lately. I don't mean to sound elitist, but my comments may come off as such. Sorry in advance. There is a dou
Unfortunately there are top-tenners who: A. don't subscribe to this B. think that because they are in the top-ten, they can do no wrong They are taking advantage of the fact that the rules are only
You say 15 minutes, I say 7 days. We're both saying the same thing except that one can do more unsportsmanlike massaging in 7 days than in 15 minutes. Both are hugely better than 30 days. Where the p
There has always been a struggle between hams who want the rules kept simple, like my friend Hans: and hams who want things better defined in the rules, like my friend Jim: As a point of reference, I
This question is "how do you know which side of the double standard you fall on?" It was already answered well but bears repeating. There are those who are trying to do their best - whether top-ten
I know it seems odd, but we still can't assume everyone is connected to the Internet at their radio station. One day we may be able to make that assumption. As a quaint datapoint, in the early 1990s
Hey Paul, The difference is that in the case of computer logging, very few don't have it, and virtually all the serious DO have it. On the other hand, in the case of internet access, a worthy and re
Um, Hans, We've known each other for a long time, right? I just re-read all your recent posts to try and figure out if I deserved all this abuse, or if there really was something I was missing, and
It's important to note that different contests are processed by different volunteers. It's VERY important in this case, because Tree is being generous with the 29 minute break thing. There was a NAQ
Bruce, Excellent response, OM. Thanks. I can't argue with your points at all. I didn't realize it was a "28" minute break that was the issue, and I guess then maybe things are more consistent than I
Well, so, Bruce, Tree, all of you guys who volunteer to do log checking, is there any chance we could have all competitors' error rates in the public results? Mark, N5OT _____________________________
Using the comparison of existing SO and SOA scores to conclude "it wouldn't change the standings much" if the separation of the two categories was eliminated is a faulty assumption, I think. The unk
It's a shame how many people actually think this. 73 - Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailma
Hey Ron, a question: Do you think it is okay to work and log a station provided to you by a spot, without ever copying his callsign yourself? Your statement "they can't afford the time to try and ge
I have not noticed this, operating DX contests since 1972. How frequently one should ID has been a topic of debate since well before spots, and I haven't heard anyone say "now that there's internet
10 on the hour sounds good to me. Does that make me assisted? Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com
Chalk one up for "unintended results." 3830 was not intended as an aid to help you settle on your category after the contest. There are some legitimate reasons why an entrant might change their categ
This is a good example of a legitimate reason to change categories. Just last week at this time, me and my teammates were all looking at each other wondering if we might need to scale back to Multi-
This makes sense to me, Randy. I don't know how much of an extra burden it would be on the log checkers - more like a one time extra burden on the software writer who, once s/he writes it successfull