Why limit yourselves to 40 zones? Redraw the map into say 80 or 100 zones based say on amateur population. Just a thought. Doug -- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus
That's no fun. I vote torture before death. Just joking! Doug --Original Message-- I vote for death. -- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http
Disqualification would only apply to those who submit a score. Doug --Original Message-- Perhaps I just have not seen it before. Reading the CQ WPX Rules 2014: qt -- XII. A. Unsportsmanlike Conduct:
No thank you. I consider supercheckpartial another form of cheating. Doug "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing." --Original Message-- SUPERCHECKPARTIAL.COM experienced an outage yest
Yes it seems to be getting worse. I was pestered by mostly W/K callers all weekend even when I operated outside the W/K band. I responded by "please no north america" and most left, with only a coupl
North American stations working North American stations in the ARRL DX contest displays a lack of respect for the contest rules ... plain and simple. No more excuses. Doug --Original Message-- It's j
A new country on the horizon? "Venice votes to split from Italy as 89% of the city's residents opt to form a new independent state Venetians have voted overwhelmingly for their own sovereign state in
I enjoy 'political statements' every once in a while ... keep them coming. Doug "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing." --Original Message-- Amen! I can't believe that K1ZZ can so bla
The problem comes when you don't know his call. If he says you are a dupe, you still don't know his call. If you can coerce his call at the time of the exchange ... fine. If you can't then you have t
Crimea is now a part of Russia and a part of Russia that was given to Ukraine some time ago. Is USA s occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan illegal? How many American hams have we worked from those coun
If they call with K4$$$/QRP, why not respond with K4$$$/LID? Doug I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could. --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@co
Yes it's interesting how some believe their computer is a god, in some cases rightly so, in others maybe not. Doug I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could. In the golden days
All that info and then "given there is propagation of course". Propagation is the MAIN and most important factor! Then comes skill. Or it used to be that way. Now with remote stations permitted, loca
If one applies the iceberg principle, 10 % of the cheaters were caught while 90 % escaped detection. Doug --Original Message-- Wow, lot of DQs! Barry W2UP On 5/1/2015 19:46, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote
I'll go one step further. If a station such as a DXpedition or non contesting station is active during a contest weekend, then I will watch for band spots. This can easily be done with the cluster al
Oh really? Take the Olympics for example ... it's a contest. Consider the drug testing that takes place. Everyone is presumed GUILTLY until proven innocent. Exactly opposite to your ramblings. What y
Many years ago contesting was a competition of an operator and station against the world. It was all hand logging and using the smarts between one's ears. I achieved some pretty good results both at
Some good thoughts Hans. "Stated a little differently, you could say "A competitor was the fellow acquired good skills and built a good station."" A good station helps but as I will show, it is not a
Contesting has become so convoluted that there is little point in even competing. So many ways to cheat, some legal, some illegal. What's even the point of submitting a log? You have no idea what tec
Important information is missing. That is how many letters were incorrect in your log? If one letter was incorrect (one off as some would say) then I would correct it in my log. If it is more than on