Hello, is there still some brave biggun out there who dares to report what results planned breaks may have for effiency over the whole operation period? I cant imagine that there are 48 complete hour
Hmmm, IMHO he knows what fits better for what. But of course YMMV. 73, Chris (should marathon-runners then not be allowed to use e-mail as long as they prefer the challenge of a "slow way" doing it
About the fear of possibly shrinking activity with shorter time-based categories: Already now without them the majority of log-submitting participants operate less than half-time (i.e. 90 rpt 90 perc
Different rules create different flavours for different likings. Who wants to eat the same thing everytime? But maybe Iīm too small an operator to really see the upcoming apocalypse. My first humble
favor of the rule change...and they have spoken loudly and clearly. When argumenting about the validity of surveys, reflectors etc. at least keep in mind: this reflector is of course more a forum of
Albert Crespo wrote: The only fair scoring is what is used in the 160 meter Stew Perry Contest, and that will never happen in CQWW. -- A bit disagreeing: IMHO it is more difficult to get some close-i
-- Must be some antenna farm!!! I overheard FY5KE calling FM5CD on 160m and FY5KE was even 1 or 2 dBīs louder then FM5CD. As far as I understand FM5CD was M/S HP, oh well.... Somehow I must learn the
The numbers are fascinating (many thanks Fabian!) but can be a bit misleading in one point about a potential WWDX distant contest: a contest based on distance by its rules will require a completely d
Hello, with the upcoming RDXC some figures about the operation times in this contest as calculated by the organizers in their score list for 2009 (www.rdxc.org): Basic finding over the >1300 allband-
single-op contesting, It will deliver potential users a comfortable excuse when still not finding ALL necessary stations: It then will have nothing to do with individual skill anymore of effectively
of spotting network assistance is not allowed I didnīt do a complete overview but at least more or less major contests like RDXC, WAG, All Asian, Oceania DX or WAEDC do not have unassisted categories
Why did you decide so? Would it not have been a significant technological improvement taking us away from the straight key? 73, Chris (www.dl8mbs.de) _______________________________________________ C
But it will be only one more of those smaller and bigger steps in the development - applauded as keeping up with progress and maybe gaining new blood. Will it be two or three years that the first M/M
Which will add new blood to the scene as chess championships for computers also added new blood to this traditional gameīs scene. (depending on your opinion to be read with or without sarcasm). 73, C
Why is it that IARU itself spoke nothing official on the issue ? at least as far as we ?Joe Verticals? are able to find on the net? The competition under the IARU-title is THE contesting showcase of
Hi Pete, such is the flavour of THIS contest and other contests are different (luckily not each is the same). The operation habit you donīt like simply follows the necessary strategy as you can see f
de K1TTT: penalty for mistakes on your end, and then of course the guy on the other end loses just the qso. So it all works out in the end. But those not-listening callers ate up precious opening tim
Of course have comparisons of RBN-figures and given antenna infos be done carefully. But when you have a "qrp"-station showing nearly the same S/N-ratios over a longer time as a neighboring HP-statio
Best answer from the RDXC-website: "Due to the earthquake in Japan RDXC Committee asks do not occupy the frequencies used for emergency communications during propagartion hours to JA: 3525 KHz ą5 KHz
"1) This ridiculous general limitation for clubs radius." Why is it ridiculous to have a definition? And every sponsor is free and some already allow every kind of "club" to enter - Why not have the