Excuse my ignorance, and, not condoning the recent DQ's. But, what is the idea behind the 10 min rule for M/S, anyway? It's still a single transmitter, just multiple operators. What makes this any di
Chuck, The answer is pretty simple. To prevent a multi-transmitter station from using it's full capabilities to enter a category where the number of transmitters in simultaenous use is limited (multi
Chuck, Very simple, M/S can work only multiplayers on other band. M/2 can work anyqso on 2 bands. M/M can work anyone anywhere Dave 9A1UN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest ma
And SOAB could work any qso on 5 bands with out the restrictions of 10 min rule Why ? It seems for me because Contest committee TRUST to single operators and DO NOT TRUST to people who are participa
Sorry Larry, but the fact remains that several Multi-Multi stations in different contests got caught trying to get around the spirit, if not the letter, of the Multi-Single category. I agree in princ
We all like to talk about things being in the "spirit of the rule." However, the 'spirit' is often open to interpretation by each participant! At the top tier multi-multi and multi-single efforts, th
C'mon Randy, that's an easy one. A multi-single station can only have one operational station (single transceiver, or transmitter/receiver combo) on the air either listening or transmitting at any on
not so... be 'on the air', on which band... or both. How many vfo's can be in that radio? How about if I use a single ft-1000mp, can I split out the sub rx headphone audio and have a second set of e
If you have more than one signal present on one band, the FCC considers at one of them to be spurious and therefore illegal. That's a bigger deal than a contest rule. Now how many of you have heard M
Just to be clear, there's no "10-minute rule" or other band-change rule in sweepstakes. There is a "1 transmitted signal at any time" rule that makes a M/2 or M/M which uses a single transmitted sign
And this is exactly the problem. Nit pick and search for loopholes, all for reasons to really run a M/2 or M/M under the guise of an M/S/ One radio on the air at a time... that is, for a given period
Before making pronouncements about the spirit or intent of the M/S category, a look back at the history of that category might have been useful. The once and future "10-minute rule" being discussed o
AMEN! That's my WHOLE point the whole time.. 73- Chuck KI9A In a message dated 8/2/2009 9:48:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time, wn3vaw@verizon.net writes: One radio on the air at a time... that is, for a
If that were actually true wouldn't it have put a damper on a lot of Field Day operations by now? Or are you going to try to tell us that the FCC considers different modes to be different bands as we
Errr... Before jumping to this conclusion, you might need more information. For example, I know a club station that has hosted TWO single operators at its building during Sweepstakes. Each operator u
Fine. I wasn't active at the time, so if the original intent of the CQ WW M/S category was to allow a "multiplier hunting" station, so be it -- for that contest. I'm not looking for a "straw man" to
Good point. Now you have me thinking.....I was sure that you couldn't transmit two signals on the same band/mode. Maybe it's true if they both were sending the same information at the same time. I gu
I note that no one has yet responded to the quiery about the 2 receiver transceivers. In my career in Amateur Radio, I was taught and have always heard that "rig" referred to a transmitter, not the r
What is this "time slicing" concept? -73 de Mike N3LI - _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/