Gilles VA2EW On 02/12/2015 08:00, john@kk9a.com wrote: Until recently I thought that assisted meant getting outside assistance to find stations, typically multipliers. Skimmer made this more complica
Each year during the 160m ARRL I can see a noticeable increase of the QSO B4 based on an average 1400 Q's worked during the contest. Last year I got about 70 and this WE if I had not decided to stop
I am OK with that, in that case when you have a doubt or you take the contest seriously you just have to answer NO to my QSO B4 and I do work you without any question. But understand that on my side
Perhaps all that could be avoided if the sponsor does not give the plate when the score of the 1st place of a given category is lower than the score of the 1st place of any lower category. (something
First, I will totally agree to share band segments restrictions with USA stations the same day when Canadian stations will be able to share the Aurora Oval with USA stations including W3 or W4`s espe
In my opinion CW can be considered as a single sideband emission. Indeed we can transmit a 600 Hz pulsed tone in the SSB mode representing a morse code signal at 2,250W respecting the 10.2.(b).(i). T
I second and following the same reasoning I am wondering why other categories like Low Power in Phone contests (were it seems impossible to prove that entrants are not actually High Power) are not in
I'm curious as to why the assisted operators want to eliminate the unassisted category and for that matter why their opinion matters? The fact to ask that kind of question is by itself a lighting on
-1 point per contact for everybody whatever the country, the continent or the zone. (no more indecent continental border advantage as EA8, CN or even some extreme East Coast) -The US states, the Cana
and I work hard to have my home station efficient while staying reasonable. You are wondering why DX will not be present anymore in a DX contest? As it is already the case my proposition cannot be th
Currently : Tanger (CN)-> Gibraltar (ZB) what a great DX and very difficult path (56 km): worth 3 points Tunis (3V8)-> Palerme(I) still a great DX and very difficult path (300km) : worth 3 points Lis
I do not make those suggestions for myself but to answer to the Randy's question : "what do you suggest would make CQ WW more interesting for those not bordering the Atlantic Ocean?" So in addition t
On 21/07/2016 17:04, Trent Sampson wrote: - you are making suggestions to change what is the most successful of all contests. This is not an argument : As it is the case for most products and brands
Why wasting two years with qualification contests when everything is already played since the beginning with some huge geographical advantages plus station setups ? A simple form describing the stati
I have received two such e-mails over 1000+ QSO's. Even if I think they are sincere, of course I will not not complete the exchange after the contest. What I did, I have forwarded the case (without g
On my point of view, If I am working the Stew and a RAC Winter contest guy calls me and gives me his grid plus his province, I will answer both being happy to log one more and make someone happy with
Jim,I have a US Tower HDX572 72ft telescopic tower with a DB42 at the top and a 3el steppIR on a side. When came the time to install the cables I passed through the same questions as you are asking.
/Reading That :/*/ /* */"Multiple In-Band CQing/*: Recognizing that amateur bands are generally full during contests, maintaining two or more frequencies to solicit contacts on the same band and mode