Well... roaming the bands "manually" to look for stations/multipliers sure makes you a better operator than when you just click the mouse on spots that computers have found and presented to you.. In
The thing is Fred that with your statement above you, like many others, throw something into the discussion that is totally out of context and has nothing to do with what we are discussing. Whether y
Thanks guys, really interesting thread for a worldwide radio contest oriented audience. 73 Peter SM2CEW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.c
I strongly disagree. Spotting affects contest operating in general and it is adding to the dumbing down of amateur radio. Building up an "impressive" score that is dependant on DX-cluster spots has n
Interesting perspective Ron. So the next thing will be to have a group of top notch operators sitting at home, operating their favourite band at a multi/multi remote contest station on the other side
Good question. Can you enter the contest as unassisted but have someone assisting at the remote end if anything goes wrong? Who would want to stop if you are well ahead and all of a sudden the rig 40
So, you sit there on a nice running frequency that you've had for a long time running stations at a very good pace. As you spice your messages with CQ or TEST the RBN network has been a good helper t
I would not be surprised if the extra character was added due to a round-the-world echo on signals. It makes sense to see a dit added to K3LR and a dash to K5GO when the signal has made a round the w
No Paul, you did not get all these wrong. The problem is that the majority of those debating the matter are unable to grasp the full perspective of what remote control will do to ham radio contesting
You are absolutely correct Paul, this is madness. For almost 30 years I have annualy taken part in the ARRL EME contest, partly because I enjoy the fact that single op is unassisted. Operator skills
Yes Ed, it is a bad idea. Today the switch position when working a VHF contest is "Internet Chatfest = ON". QSO's over the Internet are mandatory. Sad to say the least. No one wants a challenge any m
These are the highly skilled click artists entering assisted category you are listening to in your pileup. Instead of getting better, this will be getting worse as more skilled click artists enter th
Excuse me Jukka.. but what ham dimension are you living in...? 73 Peter SM2CEW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contestin
Mike, I am getting pretty tired of your constant plea (rant) for new rules that allow everything that the Internet can provide at the cost of diminishing RF communication to a mere fraction of the ga
There was/is the KT36XA from M2 http://www.m2inc.com/upgrade-kit-kt34xa-to-kt36xa/ 73 Peter SM2CEW At 09:05 2017-03-10, David Pruett wrote: Back in the day, KLM made the KT-34A tribander, which had f
Right on Ria, Could it be that some unassisted operators actually produce higher scores than many of the highly skilled assisted operators? Maybe they are intimidated by this fact. Guess the best way
Hi Mike, Unfortunately I find your description of the SO2R operators to be somewhat too polished and innocent. And there are other issues than just keeping a 2nd frequency warm, occupying double spec
Let it rip. Who cares any more as FT8 is about computers talking to computers while the operator is doing - or has his mind - on other things. Ham Heaven is here according to the masses and apparentl
Fully agree with Paul. Furthermore, K1JT say's the following about the FT8 software that apparently will compete from now on in the same contest category as RTTY: "Foxes can transmit up to five signa
How cool is it to have worked nobody????? And take credit for an award?? Or credit for a contest QSO?? OMG. Totally ridiculous. Not impressed. 73 Peter SM2CEW At 04:59 2018-12-18, Jim Brown wrote: On