I want my own category so I can win every time. I could have the best station in the world and lose because of a better op....There are just a few :-) Band conditions will have a huge effect. I can u
So I guess with this logic if you are able to transmit to an antenna on a 100ft tower you should be in a different class than the guy with a dipole and a guy with a 200 ft tower? Why is SO2R being si
Can someone point me to the run frequency reservation page? I would like 2.5 kc's from the band edge for each contest. As far as I am concerned as soon as you stop using the frequency it is available
I just received this email. How would you respond? I don't know if this person was in the contest or not. Name removed for privacy. "I 'm going through my logs from the November Phone SS, and I have
Yes unfortunately you can go to the log received page and find out where section the log was submitted for. Me thinks the ARRL should not provide this information. Mike W0MU And what is to stop the g
I emailed a reply stating that I would be happy to provide the information after the log deadline and that it was outside the rules for me to provide it at this time. He was not the only one that had
Sounds like sour grapes to me. Did you even attempt to contact K3EST like the A61 group did? I believe that you can get separate callsigns in D44 or sign /D44? Apparently this is not possible in A61.
I will also be on Flares permitting from Montana. This will be my first Sprint in a while and will be the first contest using the FTDX-9000. Let the buyer beware. Not sure which call to use: W0MU or
Bill I have to agree, the Can't hear them spots actually helped here too. I can't recall such odd propagation ever as a ham. Generally the pacific from Colorado is like shooting fish in a barrel. Not
In my 20 some years as a ham, I have seen the hobby, not only in contesting, lose much of it's integrity. Maybe there is a new world definition integrity today? Are we not alienating cheaters because
Then don't use the cluster and listen for the station yourself. If everyone waited for their alarms to go off, nobody would be tuning the bands. How did we ever work a rare one 25 yrs ago with out pa
How about the participants demanding that the sponsors of the contest enforce the rules! Maybe some new blood in some of the advisory committees? W0MU Congrats to Al on his accomplishments. I'd liken
Actually it is just the time the recording is on not by the QSO. The program just runs in the background. In Sweepstakes last year I used a program called Audacity. I don't recall exactly how much sp
This new card does not have multiple inputs! It shares one line-in/mic-in jack. If you are interfacing with a rigblaster and you need a line-in and mic-in you are out of luck! Walmart is only carryin
Has the issue been brought to the attention of rules committee? Without solid proof, the claims made have little value and appear to be a witch hunt, IMHO. The mere act of spotting a station on the c
If the op is wasting time listening to some internet radio he is not making contacts! I applaud the effort to allow us to listen in on a top notch station. It will allow many a chance to experience a
Define use. The remote station is not in control of the receiver and has no knowledge of the frequency in use. --Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@
You could always filter out the packet spots that you don't want...i.e. SSB. Just because you can hear an European 40 over doesn't mean that everyone else can. Those using contest logging programs ca
Cmom I would love that call... Wubya zed zero zed qr zed! You don't necessarily have to use homonyms or other weird phonetics to come up with a doozie. My favorite using standard phonetics, is that o
The point is there is a choice. You can choose to use packet or not. Nobody is forcing anyone to use it. You have the same choice with rigs, antennas, logging programs etc. You choose the technology