Erm, but if you are W4/SM6LRR, you could be in zone 5 or zone 4. Same with W6s _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contestin
I understand and recognized from the start that a simple RA masks ones location for purposes of DXCC entity locating. My post was to point out that the US system is not so cut and dry either. Why a s
Here are some excerpts from an email that has been forwarded around. I've cut it down for brevity... 73 Rich NN3W -- 1. Within the past 3 weeks the CAC voted 10 to 2 to recommend some form of distanc
I actually think it would do the reverse for competitive operators. By instituting time limits, I think you will absolutely guarantee "dead" times in ARRL DX. Similar to WPX, you will have large amou
I think there is more to it than you give credit for. The CAC undertook the proposal because the ARRL because the ARRL Program Services Committee told them to do so. 73 Rich NN3W ____________________
I am not going to compare equipment or operators, but I will note that K5ZD is an oustanding operator who has done a yeoman's job in events like CQWW, ARRL DX, and WRTC... Same with W9RE. Now, with r
You are aware, are you not, that stations - today - from outside the "NE-NYC-DCA-PIT-ABY-BDL-BOS" corridor can make the top ten or top five (I find it ironic that the original hypothesis of the limit
I think grid squares is a bad idea for a multi-band DX contest. Many hams do not even know what their grid square is and would not have the least idea as to how to find it. Grid square contests like
SNIP The past two years have been anomalous with respect to SS from what I remember. I decided to plot it out. Since 2001, there have been 100 Top 10 spots in SS Phone in the SOAB category. Outside o
Rich, I think part of the problem with WPX is not the operating rules but the weekend on which it is held. Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer, and a lot of people skip town that w
For what its worth - and this should serve as the basis for a little statistical experiment - folks should pay attention to the year 2013. In 2013, Thanksgiving falls on the latest possible date - No
Actually, wouldn't it benefit all ops? More operators on means more points for all. 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http
I don't understand this argument. Every contest is "disruptive" in that they occupy a large swath of band for a certain period of time. How is Sprint any different from CQWW in this regard? Not every
What on earth are you talking about???? 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-
Again, he is a contest operator. Simply look up the results from CQWW, Sweepstakes, ARRL DX, or CQ160. He's there. So can we now expect an apology from borderline libelous statements against NS3T? 73
This definition of skimmer and assisted is about the most concise I've seen in quite a while. It covers the issues of band scopes, decoding signals, skimmers covering an entire swath of spectrum, etc
That has happened to me a couple times. How abou this for the "way back machine". I was looking at some old NCJs from the early 1980s that I had been given. Back then there were ham services where yo
Hank has a valid point.... I've argued this topic on QRZ.com (countless times) and in a letter which was published in QST. When we're talking about wall-to-wall contest activity, we're really talking
This is a matter of rules intepretation of both contest rules and rules promulgated by the respective licensing authorities. You could read the FCC regs to require a callsign be given after each and