Yeah, I worked him too but figured it was 1K. I did get a '2K' from a OM station. I listened for a while and that's what he was giving. Honesty in contesting perhaps :) Now I need to ask... If someon
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:02:51 -0500
Thanks. I agree. I can figure out most cut numbers but it would really help if they were standardized. It throws you off for a second when you get something you weren't expecting. 73 -- Paul VO1HE __
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:34:10 -0500
If he moved you, he should have known. Maybe he put you in the log already before you made the contact. Who knows? Some guys get all bent outta shape working dupes. I heard one station give a QSO B4
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:07:03 -0500
Hi Tom, There's a reason that this sounds like the "Check Number" thread and that's because no contest administrator has taken the initiative to put it to rest by making a definitive clarification co
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:04:38 -0500
So, ignore it and it will go away. You're right, that is simple. 73 -- Paul VO1HE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contes
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:37:09 -0500
I had no trouble with them but I'd still like to see a convention established where individuals can't make up their own or use them where they like. I just like clarity. 73 -- Paul VO1HE ____________
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:07:23 -0500
Unfortunately, the focus seems to be on score and I feel that doing anything that requires the operator to think beyond a simple, short exchange will be met with a huge opposition. I think it would m
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:07:40 -0500
Just a quick question... with follow-ups. At any time in contesting was the signal report considered important enough to be a true RST rather than the standard 599? If so, why did that change? If not
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:04:41 -0500
Hi Ron, How is having arbitrary exchange elements "challenging"? The fact that it is being done by a small number of people now doesn't mean it won't increase in the future. Frankly, there have been
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:21:27 -0500
I meant "bad" gibberish as opposed to "good" gibberish :) 73 -- Paul VO1HE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.c
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:50:19 -0500
Hi Ron, I'll take one point at a time below. Granted. All I am saying is that it would make it a lot easier if everyone used the same cut numbers in the same ways. That's it. It's everyone's prerogat
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:40:36 -0500
You know you've hit the big time when someone starts using your call to spot himself. For fun, I am taking a look at the DXSummit spot reviews and I can't find the spot I supposedly made for EA1APV,
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:49:42 -0500
There you go. One of these days I may actually get to Europe HI. Thanks -- Paul _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesti
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:01:20 -0500
Good point, Steve. I can run up and down the bands in S&P mode at a pretty good clip and work all or most of what I can hear so would I be accused of cheating? Maybe not, with my scores :) What is wi
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:46:35 -0500
Not even close. The cluster is stuff that you may or may not be able to work that is input to you from others around the world. The skimmer gives you stuff that is heard by your own radio in your own
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:51:12 -0500
Do you operate the same call from multiple stations during a contest or do you use varying callsigns at these different locations? 73 -- Paul VO1HE _______________________________________________ CQ
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:18:49 -0500
Ron et al, I've been holding back a bit in responding to this topic again this year as I have changed my position on it somewhat. I have addressed your points below. With respect to the argument that
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:27:26 -0500
You hit the nail on the head directly, Joe. No one is going to win a contest using a code reader against guys who copy in their heads. Code readers just aren't that accurate. They do allow guys who
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:07:00 -0500
Hi Jeff, Perhaps you are right for the short term but you must look to the future. Imagine the scenario where CW contests are only permitted to be entered by operators who copy CW solely in their he
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:20:27 -0500
So... does that mean that guys who use 1 radio don't have to compete in the same category against guys who use 2 radios? Ya can't have it both ways. That being said, I fully agree that a networked C