Hi Terry, With all due respect, your silence on the details of the case leaves us with only Masas side of the story, which paints his DQ as a capricious act devoid of rational thought. Would you have
Terry, Thanks for the explanation, but I remain to be convinced. If you recognized that 4U1 stations were not disqualified previously, then you realized a precedent had been set. Discarding precedent
Have to give credit where it is due: Terry deserves kudos for arriving at this resolution. 73, kelly, ve4xt Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list
The log checking process weeds out obviously incorrect (youd think someone would clue a guy in when he goes from 59 40 to 59 41) exchanges. Dont know what it was like for the rest of the world, but F
The main benefit I see from the one-Q per station rule is it democratizes SS unlike other contests. Here is what leads me to this conclusion: megabuck GA station is going to work out California on 20
I really like Richs suggestion. I think it has the potential to increase Sunday activity without ripping SS out of the hands of smaller stations with good ops. Im not completely shutting down Jeffs s
I like the idea of two QSOs split by time, as it means stations with the big low-band antennas arent necessarily going to run up the rate meter all over again. If you split it by high-band vs. low-ba
Sent from my iPhone Hi John, Im not sure such would have the desired effect. I think it might actually have the opposite effect. People would be encouraged to work through the night, further depletin
All the reasons stated by Mike, Richard, etc. seem to support the idea of, essentially restarting the contest after so many hours in. You dont abandon the democratization of SS, as this wont mean sta
Mikes right. FFS, the League, which is the FINAL arbiter of all things ruleswise, has said it doesnt matter, as long as people copy what you send.. Ergo, it DOESNT MATTER. Copy what is sent, move on
The good news, if you see it that way, is your claimed score is only relevant to you, and perhaps 3830, if you choose to post. (Id suggest, if youre in a hotly contested region, either dont post to 3
I, too, am entirely confused by the question. If you want to just work split, that's what two VFOs are for. SO2R is nothing like John's question. 73, kelly, ve4xt Sent from my iPad __________________
Hi Joe, Jim also did specify that Bluetooth systems are problematic for contesting given the latency inherent in the Bluetooth encoding process. From a contesting perspective, $200 isnt overly expens
Dont forget: quality always costs less in the long run. What are the odds the cheapo unit posited has the Pin 1 problem? How many cheap units do you go through before you decide to do what you should
True, price isnt always an accurate indicator of quality, either way. Cheap isnt necessarily junk and expensive isnt necessarily quality. The trick is understanding what you need, what the technical
Its interesting the abuse of English that consumers will let marketing bullshi##ers get away with 100 per cent intermittent Right 73, kelly, ve4xt _______________________________________________ CQ-
It's a stupid rule that is no longer necessary. The guy who was recently, famously DQd wasn't caught because of a recording, he was caught by SDR recordings of band activity. A guy in Cypress was DQd
Hi Rich, Moreover to your point: an audio recording is not going to distinguish between an operator tuning the bands unassisted, and one who is tuning the bands but knows when to stop (or not stop, a
On balance, I find audio recording to be an inexact, ineffective and largely bureaucratic solution in search of a problem. It is an enforcement tool with so many easy workarounds, that misses arguabl
Its fairly common to divine a partially heard callsign. If I hear KU when pointing ESE, I might just try K3KU 599 04 thinking theres a good chance its Art. If I hear AI, in the mud on 20, I might jus