Never misunderestimate the value of a call recognized by Super Check Partial. Or even better, recognized by human beings as a typographically valid call. PA33A sure looked like a bust to me. Reverse
Two forms of contesting I really enjoy, do not use cut numbers. They don't usually use "leading zeroes" (or "leading T's") either: ARRL SS, and Sprinting. Those are events that "respect the exchange"
allowed. I disagree. The rule-writers used the phrase "logged call signs", not "call signs". Using SCP before logging the contact - as indeed most hams would be using it - remains fine. We are also o
I am comfortable with both the level of "sanity checks" done in the raw RBN stream, and in the more-highly-processed-filtered streams of downstream aggregators. Any spot information has to be evaluat
I disagree. One of the many marks of a top-notch contester, is that he/she can turn a non-contester found on the air into contest credit, and do so efficiently and gracefully. Perhaps creating a new
You know, us contesters try not to not stray too far out of "recommended contest frequencies" and leave room for other activities. In case of CW NAQP that means a few Q's are below 025 but most run f
I have a clipper 642-S. This is the wide footswitch. Love it. I don't do phone, but I use it to switch direction on my K9AY receive loop. It is wonderful. Tim N3QE ___________________________________
I learned about overtime operating and off-time interpretation done from the Cabrillo log, in the NAQP, which is a max 10 out of 12 hour contest with min half-hour offtimes. I think there a couple of
Hans, I feel in the same situation on the high bands at least. I can work CA over and over again on 10M but what's the fun in that? On sweeps this isn't a great loss because it's once per contest, bu
I find it interesting how the "zero beat" argument has swung over my short (OK getting close to 40 years) time as a ham. When I was a kid, Novices were crystal bound and everyone tuned up and down 5
I fear beginning contesters might be hearing a few loud signals not ID'ing at all and think that waiting in line to work a mystery station is what contesting is all about. The beginning contesters ma
CQing minutes, then your unless you If there's a line to work someone - as would be implied by him not ID'ing often - then there's no problem. He was not a candidate for the "new band rush" if there
callsign? Understanding busts and the most commonly busted patterns is important and helps all us contesters. We can't over-analyze these things during the test, simply no time, but between tests it
Well we can't have it both ways can we? Either the stations are not ID'ing enough of they are ID'ing too much :-) Often when doing S&P assisted trying to pump up the rate by being ADHD-inclined... I
"Okay, off my Most likely he had pre-fills preloaded. Isn't this what "XQSO:" in Cabrillo was set up for? "I might be in the other guys log but I don't feel it was a qualifying QSO and don't want cr
Herb writes of: I have pondered the cultural significance of "42" for the past few days. Six times seven? Too easy. 42... Hitchhiker's Guide, the answer to the ultimate question? I like the way that
I just work them, it's the fastest way to get them out of the way. I only ran low hundred stations this past weekend but there were 4 or 5 non-point stations in the mix. The band where I did the runn
Class D! The rules are clear that Class D working Class D doesn't count for any points. But... I think it would be entirely in the spirit of the activity to work them, put them in the log, and enjoy
As a good example, this weekend I was switching between SP DX contest and EA RTTY contest with occasional forays into my generic DX log. Switching N1MM logger between them takes about 1 second to go
UN1ZZZ/P (presumably portable is different than alternate) active in a few recent IARU Region 1 Field Days as a club operation. Assume it's a club call. Club calls are often poorly represented on qrz