Great news! Russian DX Contest wil adopt, starting in 2008, Open Log Policy http://www.radio-sport.net/rdxc08_pre.htm Also good to know RDXC asks every participant to keep exact CAT frequencies in th
Bad news: they want qrp stations to sign call/qrp. That is not allowed in Germany. Only /m, /mm, /am and /p is possible 73 Peter Great news! Russian DX Contest wil adopt, starting in 2008, Open Log P
No problem, this is just recommendation by them and they are emphasizing it more to Russian stations and acknowledging it is not possible by many foreigners. So don't worry. Definitely good news RDCX
Thats weird, but English page says this is not mandatory requirement. I suspect english rules have the latest update while german rules were made quite a long time ago. So you can enter the QRP categ
I think signing /QRP is rather silly and counterproductive in general during a contest. It does not benefit either operator and complicates the exchange. Why make a challenging QSO even more difficul
Peter, Just got back from VP6DX .. do you know how many /QRP from Europe we have in our log ?? I believe rules in Germany and Europe are the same. Does it mean their Qs are not valid? Anyway, in RDXC
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:39:47 -0700
It seems like the Russian DX Contest has a couple of good ideas: * Open logs * Explicit prohibition against self-spotting * Explicit prohibition against using multiple call signs to support one score
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:41:12 -0700
But why is it recommended? I consider it poor operating practice. -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@kenharker.com http://www.kenharker.com/ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contes
I think its about cheating. -- RX9TX "I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent." [Ashleigh Brilliant] _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Con
Unfortunately, this explanation makes as little sense as the original recommendation. If someone is predisposed to cheating on power, would he not also be predisposed to cheating by signing /QRP? A
That... would be a really good reason that they aren't going to hear WC7S... in any / something. And I am not in Germany, either. --... ...--Dale - WC7S in Wy>> Bad news: they want qrp stations to si
Hello, RDXC delivered at least my award in 14-15 months after the 2006 contest. Not at all bad achievement ! That is one key criteria for evaluating contest organisers devotion for their own contest.
Or if I were running HP I could sign /QRP if I wanted to. Adding QRP doesn't help anything--anyone can do it. 73 Tom W7WHY I think signing /QRP is rather silly and counterproductive in general during
How about the fact that number of submitted logs (and therefore number of participants) in RDXC is greater then in WPX and a way more then in ARRL? How about the fact that RDXC worth more points for
Hello, Kelly, please feel free to send your opinion or proposals directly to the contest sponsors :) -- RX9TX "The great tragedy of Science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."
Here's why signing /QRP is a really bad idea: (using ARRL DX exchange only as an example) Ve4xt test DJ6RZ/garble DJ6RZ/? 599 k DJ6Rgarble/garble DJ6RZ/? DJ6RZ/garbleP And so on.... When I hear / I a
Igor, I'm sorry for hitting the send key before signing the message. Nevertheless you are claiming something without submitting any evidence. The results of the last phone WPX (2007) are available on
Val, RDXC reveals the total number of received logs explicitly. You can get it here. http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/stat_c.asp?ID=0 WPX 2006 article results does not do that . You have to count it man