Robert, You guys moved me from 10 to 15 to 20, which I was happy to do, but having to retune my magnetic loop means it takes 30-40 seconds to change bands. With so few DC stations on last weekend, I
I got a certificate from the Hawaii QSO Party last year for winning the 3rd Call Area, Digital-only category with 1 QSO! 73, Paul, N8HM _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
Isn't that what the rules say? *1. Classic Operator (CLASSIC):* The entrant will use only one radio, no QSO alerting assistance, and may operate up to 24 of the 48 hours *off times are a minimum of 6
It's the evening of the 19th, but the 20th UTC. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-conte
When checking my LCR, several stations put "MD" instead of "DC." There are many WAS databases out there which naturally report DC stations as MD, but this will cost you a multiplier if you rely on th
UB7K is nothing but an illegally issued pirate call in Crimea, which is part of Ukraine, not Russia. 73, Paul, N8HM _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@
The rules require entrants to certify that they "operated according to all rules and regulations that pertain to amateur radio for the station location." The only legitimate rules and regulations in
I have skin in the game. It's respect for international law. In the 21st Century, we do not recognize nations invading and annexing the territory of their neighbors. To me, any Ukrainian citizen usin
I do wish there were a category for multiple operators taking shifts operating a single radio. I have no problem with the M/S category, but it'd be nice to have a "true" M/S category too. 73, Paul, N
As a resident of the District of Columbia, I understand where you are coming from here. In Sweepstakes and ARRL 160 (the contests using sections), we are part of MDC. In the other ARRL contests, we'r
You have to approach this problem differently. The multipliers are ARRL/RAC Sections, not states and provinces. Sweepstakes and ARRL 160 use a different political map: that of the sections used for t
It's interesting to note that Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia were at one point separate sections until July 1929 when the ARRL (then covering the 48 states of the
Art, Delaware was part of Maryland-Delaware-DC, just like the Georgia-South Carolina-Cuba section or the Utah-Wyoming section. the QST Archives, sections have always been the multiplier (though the t
I don't know the optimum structure for the ARRL or RAC field organization is, but it's not really a debate for a contesting reflector, its for the board of directors of those organizations to decide.
Why do you want to stop an operating event on an underused band? It's not a contest, there are no awards, there's no exchange. It's just an event to get a critical mass of hams on the air to try diff
Standing in solidarity with you from the District of Columbia (which is NOT part of Maryland). 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Conte
This contest doesn't use sections as multipliers. It just randomly combines a couple of the Canadian areas. Plus it lumps DC in with Maryland. "Scoring: Multiply total valid contacts by the sum of th
By the way, unlike Mike, I have no problems with sections being used as the multipliers in ARRL Sweepstakes or ARRL 160, but I don't like DC being lumped in with Maryland in contests where states are
It doesn't matter what you think of our activity. The bottom line is that we are not in any way part of the State of Maryland and there's zero reason we should be lumped in with them. The District of