Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 04:07:06 -0800 (PST)
Is there a generally accepted way to calculate operating time during a contest? I was thinking of linking it to keyboard activity, but wanted to ask before going off in that direction if some other w
Simply, if you are receiving (listening) or transmitting, you are operating. Many contests specifically include "listening" as operating time. For example, the ARRL 10 Meter Contest: "2.2. Listening
I would think the only fair way to time activity would be if a QSO is logged (running) or the transceiver frequency has changed (tuning). I suppose this could be done. Dick -- Visit "The Barnstormers
If you're trying to write software that will automatically determine whether the operator is taking an offtime or not, I think you're going to find you don't have enough input to determine it reliabl
Incidentally, if you log a qso at 2100, and you want to take a 30 minute break, you cannot log another qso until 2131. Each clock minute is either an "on" minute or an "off" minute, no halfsies. In t
Some of my DX Contest logs would contain a lot of "breaks" :-))) HNY everyone, Steve K0SR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lis
It's interesting that most of the replies to the posted question: said a lot of stuff about how people think it could and/or should be done. K6LL answered the question the way it IS done. Let's assum
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 18:25:23 -0800 (PST)
Thanks to Bob, Charles, John, Dick, Doug and Dave for their insights. This seems to be another one of those "squishy" factors to contests that is begging for a more universal definition or applicatio
To add to the 'squishy' factor, what if I am doing a single band entry. Can I chase DX on other bands during my time off? Likewise, can I connect to the dx cluster to chase the non-entry bands DX and