I'm not going to rehash old arguments and debates from the past, but WB9Z's 3830 posting did spark a little question... Did anyone else besides him and I notice a marked increase in the number of W/K
Just a theory... When did ARRL add the WAS award to LoTW? Was it this year? Contesters can be good electronic QSLers. Maybe people are taking advantage of this as a short cut to ragchews and collecti
Rich, what are the relative percentages of your total QSOs for those years? Are you thinking the number is the result of specifying "outside the US"? I'm not sure I get what you're trying to say. Mar
Or more people are getting on HF with smaller stations and with the poor conditions working stateside was better than working nobody.... _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mai
I have already received 2 stateside QSL request via direct mail for CT or even Windham county. I believe Jim has some validity to his theory that stateside stations are looking to confirm states, cou
USA percentage of all valid QSOs: 2006 - 4.9 percent 2007 - 6.6 percent On an absolute basis and relative basis, the numbers were up. Significantly on an absolute basis. 73 RIch NN3W ________________
Might be. I've already received 4 stateside requests. All 4 answered. If folks want bang for their stateside QSO buck, they should try sweeps which is all stateside (plus Canada and the islands), all
With the removal of the CW requirement, there was probably a lot of newly upgraded hams who just got on the for the contest and really didn't understand the DX nature of it and just wanted to make co
They've got a good contest this weekend for WAS. Bill, W5VX --Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C Sent:
Good, but not great: - exchange is much harder than CQWW - can't work same station on multiple bands 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us _________
Was a little different for me. 2006 - 45 USA (1.7%) 2007 - 75 USA (2.0%) I spent most of my running time on Saturday up around 14340. On Sunday, I was around 14177. Definitely got more USA callers up
I know it is getting to be a problem, but I wonder if it just newcomers that really don't understand the rules. If so, we should encourage them to get in, but learn the proper proceedures. Don't real
The "harder exchange" is precisely what makes it a GREAT contest. You have to actually COPY something, which gives Radiomen an advantage over computer operators. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- _______________
I noticed this as well, and also attributed it to the newly upgraded hams. Sure, they didn't count for points in CQWW, but if they enjoyed their taste of the action, maybe they'll come back for more
This topic has been discussed before by some very prominent contesters, with varied takes on cause and effect. I have, in the past few days, received several "need for WAS" cards as a result of dome
I understand the rules, but will still try to call a stateside contact if it is an all-time new band-mode one for me. Is this wrong? should I not call the station? What is the purpose of limiting all
Nothing at all is wrong with this Gordon. You can work your own country/zone for a mult but any other stations after that do not net a point. This is more of an issue for running stations. I was call
it is contests You have to understand that in the CQWW DX contests in particular, when you call a station that's "serious" about the contest, some ops will get peeved at you and either not answer or,
SNIP Thats not quite true. I know that in a few instances there were two or three USA stations calling and two weak DX stations calling. It was not possible to work the DX stations without having fir
Hi guys, you're moaning about your little 4 to 6% domestic callers? Come on overhere to Europe! ;-)) Our experience in this year's WWDX SSB: My friend operated 160 m Single while I was doing a 10 m S