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21. [CQ-Contest] Anyone have (or know a source for) DRSI PCPA software? (score: 1)
Author: nf1j@earthlink.net (Warren C. Stankiewicz)
Date: Sun Aug 25 17:14:42 2002
As I slowly put things together, and think about getting more actively on the air... I found my old DRSI board, but can't seem to find the floppy with the TNCTSR drivers, and the regular packet progr
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2002-08/msg00257.html (8,631 bytes)

22. Re: [CQ-Contest] RES: RES: M/2 Rule (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:21:10 -0700
And then someone claims the tape is fixed, and the argument becomes between different individuals, and another mess erupts that contest sponsors and organizers don't have the time or energy to want
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-09/msg00241.html (10,853 bytes)

23. Re: [CQ-Contest] QRPers --- Please QRQ (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:48:44 -0800
What's interesting to me is that there were a lot of people this past weekend who wouldn't hear me when I sent at 30, but *did* hear me when I slowed down to 26. In fact, it got to the point where I'
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-11/msg00290.html (9,063 bytes)

24. Re: [CQ-Contest] SO2R -- revised opinion? (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:22:50 -0800
operator to rise above the pack if he's able to do it. I think the problem is not with those who are adept at running SO2R. I think the issues I have are with people who are not. Let's face it--it's
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-11/msg00413.html (10,851 bytes)

25. Re: [CQ-Contest] Worst contesting location? (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:03:11 -0800
The problem with some of the locations so far suggested is that they're either rare or semi-rare; which means at least you've got the chance of generating a pileup of not only people in the contest,
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-01/msg00366.html (8,679 bytes)

26. Re: [CQ-Contest] FD observations and suggestion (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:09:05 -0700
I've long said and held the belief that Field Day is an important part of the shared experiences that is ham radio. Everyone has a good Field Day story. Or, they should have. I have a lot of them, se
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-06/msg00344.html (11,308 bytes)

27. Re: [CQ-Contest] Uniques not counting and emotion (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:45:54 -0700
Ah, but Mark, the people who get on and only make one or two contacts are almost definitely people who not only do not read this reflector, but probably don't know it exists. I bet they could probabl
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-07/msg00333.html (9,002 bytes)

28. Re: [CQ-Contest] Unique perspectives (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:31:40 -0700
This was actually tried once in an ARRL contest. I'm not going to say which one it was, or when, or who. However, they worked a large number of uniques. And when this was discovered, we contacted th
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-07/msg00501.html (9,885 bytes)

29. Re: [CQ-Contest] Fw: SO1R and SO2R (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:04:22 -0700
Dave Fisher, W&Oslash;MHS (now W7FB) once proposed that contest scores include stars. The star would be placed by your callsign any time you reached a personal best in that contest/category. The ide
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-07/msg00513.html (8,281 bytes)

30. Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL says no to opening logs... (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:07:05 -0700
So someone sees their call in a log somewhere, and gets a card they didn't deserve. And possibly gets an award in a program because of it. A program that basically consists of a certificate for your
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-08/msg00199.html (11,607 bytes)

31. Re: [CQ-Contest] KC1J is new ARRL Contest Branch manager (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:23:09 -0700
No, Tom's not a contester, although I can remember him operating in one of the Naked Chicken Contest Club W1AW Field Days of the 90's. But before we rush to burn Tom in effigy, who else on this list
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-09/msg00197.html (9,284 bytes)

32. Re: [CQ-Contest] Check in SS (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:18:10 -0800
If you go back even further in November Sweepstakes history, you'll find that your qth was part of the exchane, which probaby was great if you livef in Elko, NV, Utica, NY, and the like; but if you l
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2006-11/msg00396.html (8,819 bytes)

33. Re: [CQ-Contest] QST contesting issue idea (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:54:34 -0700
Hank, K8DD writes, "It's all down to the 'bean counters'." Which is true, but begs the questions, Who is counting the beans, and what beans are they counting? The ARRL has survey after survey, going
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2007-06/msg00272.html (9,886 bytes)

34. [CQ-Contest] QST vs. NCJ (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:06:22 -0700
Once again, the suggestion has surfaced that ARRL membership move to a boutique model, perhaps something more analagous to IEEE membership. Which is a nice idea in theory, but a hard one to put into
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2007-06/msg00331.html (9,819 bytes)

35. Re: [CQ-Contest] Jay Seven Oh Jay - so...are you changing your log? (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:36:31 -0700
This was actually tried once by a rather well-known contester in an ARRL contest (SS? DX? 10 M? I can't remember). It didn't work. They still erred on exchanges and calls, and there was no way the A
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2007-06/msg00382.html (9,160 bytes)

36. [CQ-Contest] Great Media Coverage of Two Contesters (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:40:49 -0700
Providing yet another chapter in the "things about Contesting we'd like to see more of in QST, but don't"... There are two great pieces in recent news about well-known contesters I'd like to alert fo
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2007-06/msg00467.html (7,789 bytes)

37. [CQ-Contest] SO R or not 2R? (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:43:09 -0700
I've been reading with great interest the recent discussions on the uses and abuses of SO2R operating, and some truths become apparent: Certainly, it's an acquired skill. It also appears to be a skil
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2007-09/msg00177.html (10,228 bytes)

38. [CQ-Contest] Thinking about Sweepstakes (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:33:28 -0700
As the weekend for SS Cw approaches... I literally found out about Sweepstakes before I was ever licensed. A friend, no longer licensed, gave me his collection of QST from the 60's, and there were fe
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2007-10/msg00421.html (8,275 bytes)

39. [CQ-Contest] Cheating problems and their solutions (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:48:07 -0800
I've kept quiet on this subject for a while, but as someone who spent nearly seven years checking logs full time, I can contain myself no longer. Scott Robbins suggests we require anyone in the top 5
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2007-12/msg00300.html (9,756 bytes)

40. Re: [CQ-Contest] Cheating problems and their solutions (score: 1)
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:04:02 -0800
Of course, this means you're going to have to find the section you're looking for in 48 hours of recorded, but not necessarily time stamped material. It will also bring up an entirely new form of pos
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2007-12/msg00321.html (10,656 bytes)


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