Seems like the tail wagging the dog. Barry W2UP There are techniques for maximizing the odds of getting spotted by a skimmer, and for minimizing the skimmer busting your call: Send CQ TEST and YOURCA
On a positive note, skimmer is NOT posting that very prolific 2x0 callsign from the Ivory Coast - TU. Probably not necessary as station TU signs that callsign almost every QSO. Once in a while, he si
I hate post a non-skimmer topic, but... :-) Just reviewed by CQWW SSB UBN report. 16 stations I worked lost points for "miscopying" my zone as 5, rather than 4. For those of you who like to keep manu
On one hand, yes it would be interesting. On the other hand, there are so many categories as it is. Barry W2UP Randy, K5ZD --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.
Do all contests need to be the same? Variety is the spice of life. There are drawbacks in every contest. For example, how dumb is it to work a Zero point QSO to get a mult (and not be certain that yo
My invitation said it was sent to those who submitted a log. If you submitted a log and didn't get one, you're not paranoid; they really are out to get you :-) Barry W2UP The survey is to collect opi
Does that mean one person can submit the survey multiple times? Barry W2UP Dear Contester, The CQ WW DX Contest Committee invites you to take a short survey to share your feedback on the contest. You
I refused to operate the contest sponsored by Romeo, which included last 4 of the SSN + mother's maiden name in the exchange. :-) Barry W2UP I guess we have gone over this before, but I still don't s
First, chairs. I'll sweat by the Herman Miller Aeron. Got one about 10 years ago. Prior to that, would switch off between 2 or 3 different chairs and even stand for a while. Next, neck. Steve, perhap
I guess if K5GO, W0UA and you already know the answers, there is no point in doing the survey and soliciting thousands or opinions. BTW, the WAE hasn't been the same without you... :-) Barry W2UP On
Perhaps we need to have our contest schedule based on the lunar calendar? Barry W2UP Here is a list of dates over 500 years http://www.census.gov/srd/www/genhol/easter500freq.html Easter can happen a
50 years ago, you couldn't wear your shack on your belt. 50 years ago, it required some effort to get a ham license. 50 years ago was before the instant gratification age. Barry W2UP We are the gener
I only did (almost) full-time when cndx were good and I was in the mood to try to win the category. If the contest was 36h, I surely would have put more full-time efforts into it. Barry W2UP How many
Aren't they the same person and one of those calls is a contest club call? :-) Barry W2UP -- _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://l
I tried some remote operation in the 10m contest using a TS480 and Remoterig. The radio control worked fine, but we had lots of problems with dropped dits, timing problems, etc. on CW, presumably due
Paul, Perhaps where you live, antennas aren't being legislated out of existence. In the US, unless one lives in an old neghbo(u)rhood, without restrictive covenants and homeowner's associations, or i
I had to check the cover of QST for the month. I thought that was an April Fool's article. Barry W2UP It's here already. QST for May 2013 includes a review of RemoteHamRadio, with subscriptions runni
If a QSO has 0 point value, it should not have to be worked for mult credit. Barry W2UP On 5/9/2013 20:52, Jimk8mr@aol.com wrote: 1. There is certainly a lot of inequity in the current 1-2-3 point, c
I was there. Randy said a number of guys were winding up with negative scores. That certainly doesn't encourage long term participation by newbies. Barry W2UP While I agree that the leniency on buste
Like the Hara arena, I think the Crowne Plaza has deteriorated over the years. I'll stay elsewhere next time. Barry W2UP 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net