The League existed before it published a magazine, and publishing a magazine is, in my opinion, not among the reasons it exists. QST gets published to further the purposes of the ARRL--contesting is
Both sides of this argument seem to be failing to present any cold hard facts. I would find it useful to know the answers to questions like these: On how many occasions over the past year have contes
Since packet is never going away and we should make it completely legal in the rules for all operating categories, I see no reason to have this discussion. Nobody should ever call CQ on the air waves
In my opinion its time to either shut up or do something. So I'd like to see an advocate of the separate SO2R category post a definition of SO2R IN WRITING to cq-contest. Hint: be careful with whethe
"poor form"???? I for one am eager to hear about new ideas/products, etc. that affect contesting and I prefer to hear it from the people who know. I cannot imagine what inspired this comment that is
I read with interest the complaints about the barriers in the way of obtaining LOTW certs. It is my opinion that this is the way "its going to be" in the digital world and, on the negative side, we h
That's not quite the whole story. At least for LOTW, you know that a QSO is not QSLed by LOTW, but there can be two reasons--the other log is not in the database or your info is bad--and the way LOT
What if your computer could check all 10,000 QSOs in your log in 10 seconds and report to you the, say, 100 that are NIL in LOTW? Wayne -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OF
While a poll on cq-contest is not definitive, I am still a bit surprised by the results. I suggested in a posting that contesters withhold LOTW uploads of contest logs until after the log submission
Fellow contesters, I spend quite a bit of my discretionary time developing software that some of you use. My choice is to continue to do so only as long as I get some money in return. If it is your c
If he successfully convinced dozens or hundreds of his friends to plant more contraband, and all of them were contesters, would you still complain about the innocent being labeled? Wayne -- The worl
I got several responses saying "don't stop producing WriteLog". It was not my intention to say that was something I was contemplating right now. As long as a reasonable number of folks keep renewing,
It seems to me the Internet has provided an opportunity to add a new operating class to major contests. I have to admit that this idea fits into the category of a "solution looking for a problem", bu
Am I the only person on the planet that thinks running packet in a contest REDUCES the enjoyment of the weekend? If the guys that are complaining at each other about abusing packet would all just qui
For any given SS weekend, I feel free to choose either '71 (the year I know I made my first QSO--in February) or '70 (because I seem to remember my license date was earlier and I am too lazy to resea
Hm.. that was my very first SS. I operated the club station WA1PHF in Watertown, CT. The club trustee was Chod Harris, WB2CHO (now SK). Unfortunately, I didn't keep copies of any logs and don't remem
I have been informed that certain logs for ARRL VHF contests can only be properly submitted in Cabrillo version 3. But I have also been warned that not all contest sponsors can accept Cabrillo versio
The rules here: http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2010/rr.html Say this: "All contacts must be submitted to the Rookie Roundup online scoring server" and continues on to say something that might be
For those that can't get enough contesting: http://writelog.com/contest-super-simulator It needs WriteLog. If you don't have a current release, the simulator also works with the free WriteLog demo (l
That software fix is our last hope--Obi-Wan No. There is another.--Yoda The other hope is that you could remind your little pistol friends to submit their logs. This might even be especially true of