There are two schools of thought here. It sort of gets down to putting the emphasis on VHF or CONTEST. In most contests, you can decide if your entry will be a single-op entry (where the operator rec
However, there was a documented QSO with VY1JA at the start of the June contest a couple of years ago. The band was actually open from the Pacific Northwest at the start of the contest and a CW QSO
I'll offer a real practical example of this. About eight years ago, a group of people designed a new contest for the other end of the spectrum (160 meters). This contest became known as the Stew Perr
It was generally agreed when they became available to leave them untouched by contesting. Part of this was a desire to provide a sanctuary for those who are displaced when a major contest hits the ot
These are also good reasons. off limits to contesting. I am sure it will be so. Tree _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lis
Can we use packet spotting? Can I used EchoLink to set up skeds? Can we apply the Sprint QSY rule? Tree N6TR tree@kkn.net _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VH
The amount of power reflected from either the input or output. The higher the number - the closer to a 1:1 SWR you are seeing. Tree _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting maili
Imagine that you have a perfect load on the output of the device. Put a directional wattmeter on the input and put some power through it. The return loss is essentially the difference between the inp
In the general rules for ARRL VHF contests - there are the following restrictions: 1.7 Retransmitting either or both signals, or use of repeater frequencies, is not permitted. 1.7.1 This prohibits us
Your question really should be: "What does one have to do with CT Version 10.something to produce the Cabrillo log forward the ARRL requires." Tree _______________________________________________ VHF
I think there is a category that already exists for the grid circling rovers. Check Log. The whole idea really is revolting. Sure, the rules let you go create a big score by operating this way - but
I would be very surprised if they made 1% of their QSOs outside of their group. I don't buy this. The #1 objective is to work the other guys in the group as quickly as possible, so everyone can move
Here are the line scores from last year's June VHF contest. N6NB 1,292,382 1,804 263 R WTX (+KG6TOA) N6VI 1,156,760 1,744 239 R WTX N6MU 1,131,156 1,738 234 R WTX If you make an assumption that N6VI
I think I do understand the mentality of a contester. Yup - which is why we need to change the rules. Sure - change the rules... I think this type of operation should be discouraged - as opposed to
I think we need to decide what problem we are trying to solve. If we are just trying to eliminate the grid circling behavior, there is a very easy rule that I can think of to do this. It also would
Exactly. No need to change anything. Bzzt - you are making it too complicated. The simple rule will solve the problem and no more words are needed. Only 3 people would as far as I can tell - since i
Sorry - I should point out that we are pretty much in agreement about the criteria. I just don't want someone spending a lot of time figuring out what the formula should be ahead of time and trying
I was lucky enough to have dinner with N7NG, manager of membership services who manages the contest department. I asked him about the captive rovers not working you -- and he said that was illegal pe
No - but if someone is calling you and you decide not to answer because you are only working the "mother station" - I would call that unsportsmanlike - and it is even illegal. Tree __________________
C'mon Jim - it is simple. You see three logs that have 98 percent of the QSOs with each other. However, I believe it will never come to that. Who would orgainize it just to have it thrown out? The ru