Hi Jukka, (not sure whether first post made it through) basic point why it is (for me) not a sport: Sticking to the rules in central points is "only" up to the honour of participants. In boxing compe
de N4ZR: So long as we decide where to draw the lines, and the vast majority of participants respect the rules (particularly those who wish to have any respect themselves), none of this needs to happ
"The online real-time score boards are the way to go. They make the contest into a real video game/race." A feature to add: A coloumn calculating the live-"score" based on previous yearīs score reduc
Hi, small analogy: A car dealer sells a 48k $ model. Unfortunately statistics and customer behaviour show that 90 percent of the customers only invest up to 26k $ for a car, seemingly as they cannot
KR2Q wrote: Several years ago, somebody (I forget who), did the same analysis by pulling in all the logs and assigning various criteria for the "off time" and then coming up with "the iron men." I'm
K4XS wrote: People run in marathons and hate the last part of the run. However, they do it for the same reasons I and some of the other "iron butts" do a full 48 or close to it. It's a challenge....
N2IC wrote: How about looking at the statistics for those major worldwide contests that are already 24 hours long, such as the IARU HF, and Russian DX ? What percentage of participants currently oper
N2IC wrote: In the 24 hour RDXC, 9% operate full time (>23 hours). In the 48 hour CQWW SSB (using KR2Q data), 11.9% operate 24 hours or more. So, presented with a shorter contest, the percentage who
de HS0ZCW: Does anyone have an estimate how much these systems are used in contests or in chasing DX. I am only asking about remote listening, but I guess remote transmitting also happens. -- Only an
N1UR wrote: Currently, I would say that based on the lackluster enthusiasm for people responding to the 24 hour survey, I think that there will be no meaningful change to the contesting experience ba
As long as we think in "recruiting" (which sounds like forcing, to fulfill kind of a business plan) it wonīt work. We can only use as many ways as possible to get people in contact with amateur radi
KK9A wrote: I think it is a very poor practice to receive a report, send your report and then removed the station from your log unless you have a good reason to believe that the station did not log y
Dear fellow contesters, we are happy to invite you to the 53rd edition of Worked All Germany Contest (WAG) on 19./20. October (1500-1459 UTC). With regularly more than 1000 German stations on the air
Dear contesters, just a quick reminder that Worked All Germany Contest runs this weekend (1500-1459). Find all necessary infos and tips here: <http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/contest/wag/en/> http://w
Dear contesters, this is a short reminder that logs for Worked All Germany Contest are due at 4th November. So far we have received a record number of about 1800 logs. But there are many participants
Dear contesters, the claimed scores of Worked All Germany Contest 2013 are published on the WAG website <http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/contest/wag/archiv/2013/> http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/contes
An effect can not be judged by naming individuals but by looking at the activity level in the 18-24 hour range over some years and see how activity comparatively evolves in the 10-18 hour range. In t
Dear contesters, the preliminary results of Worked All Germany Contest 2013 are published on our website <http://www.darc.de/darc-info/referate/dx/contest/wag/archiv/2013/> http://www.darc.de/darc-in
Hi Igor, we accept XQSO - even if they are not the preferred method here by tech reasons and we donīt advertise them to teams. But any team marking a qso as XQSO can prove that they did mark the qso