I think the push to trim the fat of contest exchanges has been going on for some time. I recall a few years ago working a European station who did not give RST in CQWW. I logged "14" as "59 14" and d
K0HB: Just as the big gun has a duty to send a signal report. DQ both of them for falsifying their log. KA1NCN: The recipient would only have a single bad contact for every QSO s/he makes with someon
What is a ?waste? in a contest is a matter of perspective. Is QTC in WAE a waste? Is the zone in CQWW a waste? Is the callsign a waste given that some people seem to be getting the call off of packet
Why should anyone worry? Sure, "it's in the rules", but why is it in the rules when 1. It is always 59 2. Your software has already inserted 59 3. Even if it's not 59, you might as well leave it as 5
Excellent point. If everyone logs a silent 59 then it is valid! Doug "Those Island days are always on my mind, Someday I'm going to leave it all behind." --Original Message-- 59 Hans, it is all condi
What you are also saying is that most contesters are mindless, stupid. If everyone (very unlikely) stopped that 59 business then what would happen to the contest results? Doug "Those Island days are
So why don't you write a proposal/petition to CQ magazine asking them to drop this part of the exchange? 73s John AA5JG -- http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest ____________________
You're right - but that's an issue for another day. The other option is to break the rule for the sole purpose of demonstrating that the rule is obsolete. If you then submit an entry and suffer no pe
Ok, great ! I cant find the correct letters on my keyboard a lot of the time , now numbers too ?? And then I have to take my eyes off the keyboard to get an S-meter reading ?? What if when he calls m
K1AR wrote: Using M6T is legal and allowed by the rules. Not sending a report is illegal and specifically against the rules. As I just exchanged few emails with K1AR about stupid WPX robot which canc
Ah, but what if I'm operating from a different QTH than usual? Or I moved since the software was updated last? Wouldn't you be ticked off if the software told you that I was Pittsburgh PA WPA Section
Paul, While the rule may be obsolete, which is a different argument altogether... it is the rule. That IS the point, pure and simple. It is ultimately up to the CQ WPX Contest Committee to decide wha
IMHO, Ranko is absolutely wrong. He's taking the law into his own hands and becoming a contesting vigilante. Integrity in contesting means you give your word that you followed the rules of the contes
Paul let's take it step further. What purpose does sending a serial number serve.?. I don't care how many stations you, or anybody else, has worked. All I care about is I work you and you work me. I
Well, trust me - whatever exchange is being established - at the end of the day it would not make any difference. Same top guys would copy your - serial number; - real RST sent; - zone; - country; -
Paul, I like your thinking. It's always amazing how people are resistant to change. They will come up with all sorts of excuses not to change. They are unable, unwilling, to step back and objectively
Yes integrity is priceless, but lying as to what the actual RS is, is not integrity. Doug "Those Island days are always on my mind, Someday I'm going to leave it all behind." --Original Message-- 340
I am not yet a big gun, still just a little pistol, but I disqualified myself. My logging software which is N1MM the greatest contest logger I have ever used, has a method of making a selection for "
Boy , do us europeans always have such difficulties with such simple plain FACTS.... We are talking about a "game within a hobby" for crying out loud. If you don't like the rules discuss them with th
Considering the high price to be paid for being disqualified in the current WRTC qualification environment, perhaps the contest sponsors should simply not accept any log sent in by one of these "prot