What do I do about it? I call the station again and make him say my call at least one time. If everyone did the same thing, then these guys wouldn't get away with this slack operating technique. It's
I was in the car on the way to the station Sunday afternoon and got to observe some of what K7SS was talking about in his email. The worst by far was some HU-something operator. I listened to him not
So what you are saying is that it's better to log a one sided QSO than no QSO at all. That is, unfortunately, the attitude that perpetuates the problem that we are discussing here. Nothing personal D
Well I have to disagree with my WRTC partner on this one. As long as the station is consistent in his pattern of operating, it is FB in my book. And I would argue that the time saved over a 48 hour p
Frankly I find your technique to be the one in question Tom. You obviously knew it was not ZL2RR's frequency, yet you dump in your callsign on K5ZD's frequency. If I were ZD I would have given you a
Is it possible that two W9's and W7 actually made the top ten USA in a DX contest? This is surely not possible. If it is, congratulations OM's. Vy FB job. 1 K1AR 28/22 223/ 65 297/ 78 1401/130 1300/1
Here is my report from CQWW SSB. I thought that some of you might be interested in seeing one of these reports. I'm sure some have never seen one before. You can get this information via the WWW if y
More opinions on the UBN reports... I believe that contest sponsors should make these types of reports public and we as contesters should be using this data for self improvement. CQWW's example of WW
Anyone on here using a TS-870 for contesting? If so, I dont see how. I am using one for doing remote control of my station during non-contest times and it is absolutely the best radio out for control
A few months ago I posed the question "Who is selling a full sized 3 element 40 meter yagi?". The response was just this side of nil. It turns out that DX Engineering was, but is not selling yagi's a
I think Lew hits the nail on the head with one sentence. Exactly what are the chain of events that bring about a rule change for the WPX contest? Maybe Steve (BJQ) can explain how the rule was chang
You've lived in W3 land too long OM. You have no perspective. The bands are open 42 hours in W3 to a runnable objective. They are open in W6 for 28 hours. So, let's compete in a contest where both th
In the spirit of Pete Rose... My money's on the west coast guy. :) 73 -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
Radio contesting is a sport of competition. In general, it attracts people who are competitively motivated. Pushing yourself to personal goals is terrific and can't be over emphasized. However, I th
Well, you are missing the point. The IARU is 24 of 24. It is not 24 of 48. In a 24 of 48 contest you get to pick YOUR best 24 (not necessarily contiguous) of 48. In the 24 of 24 you get 24 regardles
No Chuck you are missing the point COMPLETELY. Please read my message again. My message states that Lew in W7 would like the opportunity to compete with a W1 in the same contest. Not BEAT a W1. Under
No it's really not like that at all. It's more like a host of guys with long legs who always run the race on a flat track. They have plenty of competition and have fun comparing race notes after the
That's why Sweepstakes is such a lousy contest and enjoys such lousy participation I guess. At only 30 hours in length and of that, only 24 hours operating... Bob & Freds theory would have the SS QR
Hey Rich, The best operating position I have ever used was at N4RJ's. He custom built an operating position with the two radio single-op thing in mind. It is not L-shaped as you described. It is more
I agree. I believe it is high time that we reinstate the old rule of 30 hours operating time and quit trying to micro-manage the rules of these contests. 73 Bill Bill Fisher, W4AN (EX KM9P) http://ww