Radio Sport Canada is proud to announce the Radio Sport Research Project. The goal of this project is to provide the international radio sport community with open-source tools, techniques and data th
Me too! It appears to be infected with a Denial of Service virus. Syl Sylvan Katz - VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK -- Original Message -- From: "mike dol dormann" <w7dra@juno.com> To: <cq-contest@contesting.com
ZoneProp for CQ World Wide Contest Zone to Zone Propagation information will be available for the CQWW SSB from Radio Sport Canada http://www.radiosport.ca/zoneprop/ ZoneProp uses an widely accepted
You might look at using Radio Sport Canada's ZoneProp for real-time propagation information between CQWW DX zones during contests http://www.radiosport.ca/zoneprop/ 73 Syl VE5ZX ____________________
In 2006 the rules read 5. We want your electronic log. The Committee requires an electronic log for any possible high-scoring log. By submitting a potential high-scoring log to the CQ WW Contest, th
This is not a viable option. Tampering with the logs in any manner reduces or completely eliminates their usefulness for research or for the development of new adjudication software tools. Best to l
The contesting.com poll is showing different results. However, it has a number of different choices too. Anyway - we will have a better idea by the end of the month when the poll closes. ... Syl, VE
it wasn't meant to be a serious poll :) The poll was meant to reflect the diversity of opinions stated on the reflectors on a matter where opinions ranges beyond a simple 'yes' or 'no'. And believe
Scott Thank you for the eloquent, insightful and timely posting. I hope all members of this reflector take the time to read it carefully. Hopefully someday the contest community will again praise and
A corollary: If you don't have a method for detecting the use of a technology then don't rule on it until you do. ... Sylvan Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK ________________________________________
By definition rules are enforceable; however guidelines are not. Some winners expect quality adjudication where the rules are enforceable. Just because it may be possible to abuse a rule is not a go
Hopefully this indicates that soon ARRL contest logs will be made public too. ... Sylvan Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Co
You could claim copyright because you created the log albeit with the help of a program. However, the sponsor need only put a statement in the rules indicating that by submitting a log copyright is
Zoneprop uses the SSN retrieved from http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/weekly/Predict_high.txt As you will note the value of SSN for Oct 2008 is given as predicted SSN = 10.8 and high SSN = 20.8. The a
Zoneprop is designed to give a more accurate propagation prediction based on the ~current~ K index. The FOT matrix is updated once an hour using the current K index. It is not designed to be used for
Public logs allows others to develop new adjudication tools that the committee does not have. For an example see the article "Two Radio Event Signatures" at http://www.radiosport.ca/rsrp/documents/2
Wow - that is really neat! Great work Randy ... Syl Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.co
The current survey on contesting.com suggests opposition to open logs for any reason maybe a minority opinion. 61% favor open logs, 24% don't care and 8% are opposed. ... Sylvan Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX S
I received a certificate in the mail for my 2008 SSB effort. I was able to go to immediately go to the on-line CQ WPX database and filter the entries for other stations in my category in North Americ
Amen! More than a dozen times during the WPX state-side stations called me when I was CQing well below 14150. Other than the previously mentioned ethical and moral issues I didn't see why I should p