Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:02:06 -0700 (PDT)
The case for "unfair advantage" is based on others not knowing the circumstances under which someone else competed. The solution is to assure that all major factors that impact score are revealed in
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:55:30 -0700 (PDT)
Only in the traditional sense, Bob. This thread is intended to reach deeper into the radiosporting activity to realize that the administration of today's events categorizes very broadly. There are en
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:09:41 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Bob, I'm not sure that we're in disagreement at all. I believe that there are many factors that affect score. The idea is to identify all of the items that are not skill-based and reveal them. Wha
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:16:16 -0700 (PDT)
Doug, You continue to hit the nail on the head. :) The problem appears to be pre-categorization, rather than simply stating the conditions under which the contest was played and allowing that informa
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:28:22 -0700 (PDT)
Sort of, Blake. But don't forget that High Power is quite a broad range (see ARRL Rules for HF contests)... "2.1.3.3.High Power: More than 150-W PEP output (see rule 1.3)." A station running 150-w i
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:26:15 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, George. I had one of those "duh, of course" moments with your reply. I'm often calling CQ on 6-meters, while listening on the rover-liaison frequency on 2-meters, while also listening on 2m F
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:39:04 -0700 (PDT)
There is much conjecture as to what impacts score more than other things: RF Output, Operator Count, Radio Count, ERP, contesting time, etc. At some point, one must abandon the urge to "slice it any
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:10:31 -0700 (PDT)
If you participated in the CQWW VHF contest using RFSport.com's logger (you'll see your results, graphically at http://www.RFSport.com | Scoreboard Central if you did) you may have qualified for an a
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 06:27:45 -0700 (PDT)
What if the contest was limited to a single sub-band of the band (CW only, 24.920-.930 Yep...only 10kHz) and lasted 12-hours? Could that work in the HF world? It does to a degree in the VHF world whe
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 15:03:15 -0700 (PDT)
Yes! In fact, when I was the Contest Chairman for the Rochester VHF Group in the 1980's I worked on a system whereby team captains were chosen and each member of the club was assigned a "value" based
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:36:38 -0700 (PDT)
Me: CQ de W2EV W2EV W2EV K (at say, 18wpm) You: W2EV DE YV0IARU/9 Me: YV0EAR DE W2EV WNY K (I munged the call ) You: DE YV0IARU/9 YV0IARU/9 YV0IARU/9 K Me: YV0ARU/9 DE W2EV WNY K (I still munged the
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:16:04 -0700 (PDT)
It seems to me that, for all practical purposes, siging /QRP is a strategy employed by those who wish to gain an advantage. Treat it as such. It is up to *you* to grant them the advantage (by breakin
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:09:12 -0700 (PDT)
During the "heat of competition", there must be some key aspect of a contact that is restricted from general view -- known only to the stations involved. Otherwise, contestants can use the "public d
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:24:15 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Pete, What I'm about to relate is something that actually happened. It is based on the testing that we've been doing with the http://www.RFSport.com initiative that includes both (1) Realtime Scor
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:08:46 -0700 (PDT)
I have seen one golf player turn to another and say, "That's a gimme" or plainly not take a one-stroke penalty when the rules are clear that they should. I have seen golf at "higher levels" scrutini
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:04:31 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Steve, Thanks for digging up this information. I was wondering about the source for this information myself. Given the state-of-the-art in 1966 this sounds reasonable. Given the state-of-the-art i
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:22:24 -0700 (PDT)
Jim makes an interesting point, and that raises a question from me (go figure) ... Even things like local soil conductivity must come into play on HF. So here's my question... In HF terms, how practi
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
Interestingly, Vladimir ... I've observed the same thing at the other end of the spectrum... 24 and 47 GHz. SSB Electronics makes a 0.2 mW (yes, 200 microwatts!) 47 GHz transverter. Even into a 1-foo
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:40:38 -0700 (PDT)
There are ways of approximating a level playing field. It happens in sporting events all the time whether it be NASCAR, Baseball, Soccer, etc. In some cases, technical restrictions are imposed (NASCA
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:55:33 -0700 (PDT)
Please, take a day or two before responding to this e-mail. It is sure to invoke anger in many readers. I hope that a few people will really think about what is contained below and will start thinkin