Hi all: I wasn't going to jump in, because I pretty much ditto what Ward has been saying (about both cheating and RM11708), but I do want to point out something. In most of the world, there is *NO* r
I know a lot of the folks Hans mentioned, and I have to agree. I can't see them intentionally cheating or being unethical ..period. Well .. except for K0MD and K4IU ...Scott and Fred are so nice, tha
I'm not sure what the reality is of any scenario, short of all infrastructure breaking down (meaning effective absence of government), where Amateur Radio is the centerpiece of Emcomm .. we're gettin
Except for N6MJ ..he is a mutant 73 Steve KL7SB Contesters are human? Who knew? -- K1TN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.
Hi Fabio: If you will still be there on October 1, I highly recommend finding a station to operate from for the California QSO Party (CQP). I won't make it this year (I have a trip to Suriname for CQ
Funny enough, mine did as well ..this is the first I've seen of it .. I'm sorry that NN4X feels that the competition as it stands now is unfair ...so in that spirit, May I suggest another new categor
Mike: Given the lack of context (spam filter, suggestion kind of out of "Left Field") I interpreted it as a snark, and replied in kind. (Confession, I enjoy snark) .. he emailed me, and made it clear
Hey all: Here was my serious answer to his question from this morning Hi Steve: Sorry about the snark .it did go into my spam filter and it seemed to come out of "Left Field" (no previous context), s
I don't think he meant any harm. It was just an unfortunate combination of a few things. It was a new topic ..with [Spam] in the subject line, from someone who I don't remember posting previously,
I do think we spend way too much time and vitriol debating the equivalent to the "How many angels on a pin" argument. A lot of what we fight about is stuff that "we know it when we see it", but can't
Hey all: Speaking of the 87A, If anybody has, or knows someone who is looking to sell one (with the autotune), we would be interested in buying it. We are short an amp an the 87A is one of our mainst
Every DXer may not be a contester, but every contester is a DXer :) Other than the dxpeditions that have leader boards (those SOBs just *know* that putting any kind of "competition" out there for us
What I've seen (in both EU and NA) is that, even folks who use the skimmer/RBN spots tend to ignore them, except for their own skimmers, if they have them. There is so much data, that it overwhelms.
What MJ is doing is called (I think), "dueling pileups." When I get some time (which at this point probably means in a couple of years), I'd be curious about trying it. I'm not a mutant like Trey or
Well, just as one could lie about using spotting, one could also lie about power. We're going to drive ourselves nuts, and create a lot of ill will, focusing too much on cheating. You have to figure
I think a better question is ... What are they doing in Europe (especially Eastern EU) that *is* attracting so many younger folks. They do come from a culture where ..in Soviet Bloc days, amateur rad
I think people using packet cost me more than I gained in this one, (though admittedly my situation is different than the Lower 48 or EU) ... I had probably 15 or so QS with JA where the op did not k
FWIW: An all bands contest with the SP rules would be a lot of fun I think. Has it ever been tried? 73 Steve KL7SB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@c
Thinking about this, I don't think there are any active cw operators in Alaska located above the Arctic Circle. The only possibility might be AL7X in Nome, who is quite a good operator, and makes som
Given the big go around on this subject, I think WL7F and KE3X bring it down to the essentials Re: KE3X (and related to something I had mentioned early about wondering why EU continues to grow contes