Skimmers and packet aren't allowed for unassisted categories and they at least use information gathered during the current contest ... SCP is allowed for unassisted categories, and it uses informatio
The manual is available online and gives you the comparison information you're asking for on page 4. http://static.dxengineering.com/global/images/instructions/dxe-yccc-3inline.pdf Dave AB7E any inpu
I don't remember for sure off the top of my head, but I think that EZNEC+ has the capability of specifying two different areas of ground conductivity surrounding the antenna. You could rather easily
There are places on the internet where you could send the certificate file and have them laser etch it on glass or granite tile for relatively little cost compared to a traditional plaque. Google for
If you're not going to actually contest anything, are you still going to post random stuff here on the Contesting reflector? Dave AB7E Now that I see contesting from a location outside NA (and EU) th
Why would I dismantle something that I had worked years to acquire, considering it would force me to suffer the head banging desensing that my earlier rigs had? Especially if I intended to devote som
As if anyone cares, Doug. Besides, how do you plan to police this sort of thing? Since the rules allow such operations, nobody really needs to declare anything other than where their transmitter/rece
Disagree, Paul. I too think SCP is inappropriate for Unassisted operation, because SCP uses information ... compiled by others ... gathered outside of the actual event. Lots of folks will use the arg
Your absurd examples have nothing to do with the EXCHANGE. The contest rules require the exchange (of which the callsign is arguably the most important) to be completed solely by the operator and sol
I don't see anything "unsportsmanlike" here at all. Although I've never claimed assisted when operating unassisted, I see nothing wrong at all with entering any category that I qualify for. I am mora
I can't be both a boy and a girl at the same time. Something can't be both sweet and sour at the same time. East and west never meet. But I CAN qualify equally for assisted and non-assisted by doing
You're basing your argument on essentially arbitrary terms ... I'm going by what it is that I actually do. If I operate unassisted I also meet each and every requirement of operating assisted. If I o
Personally, I don't see the problem here. It seems to me that the category you qualify for doesn't have anything to do with what you started out to be, or what you told somebody (other than the conte
What exactly is "unsportsmanlike" about it? They (apparently) qualified for both M/2 and M/M ... equally. They posted to 3830 and had to choose one at that point, but they had the option to choose ei
That's because there are very few competitions that have multiple categories simultaneously competing on the same playing field, and those that do mostly have mutually exclusive criteria. Besides, wh
As long as they legitimately qualified for more than one category I can't see a single ethical problem with them choosing which one they want to declare for within the window that the contest sponsor
So if I declare for LP and conditions suck so bad during the contest that I decide to turn on the linear and go for HP I should be disqualified? How is that any different than bumping up from M/2 to
"The purpose of the categories is to set a maximum bar (e.g., single vs. many operators, low vs. high power, etc.), not minimum." EXACTLY!! Dave AB7E The purpose of the categories is to set a maximum
They didn't cheat to see other scores. Those other scores were freely posted and public information. You still haven't explained precisely what is unethical about any of this. Specifically, why is it
This is exactly why we should all simply work whomever calls us. QSO B4 wastes just as much time as giving a report and moving on. And it's a silly lost cause to try to manage busted packet spots via