Your last sentence says it all. No one weapon in any arsenal is enough to make a successful contest operation (however the individual operator defines "success"). It is up to each person to examine t
I've shared my motivation in previous emails, Joe. I do this because i love radiosports and want others to enjoy them, too. This has nothing to do with club competition, though I may use that to moti
Why do I keep getting snarled up in this thing? <again, slapping myself on the fun. <grin> You continue to misunderstand CU2QSO...there is no assistance involved. There is no need to include CU2QSO i
Hi Bill, You took a wrong turn. What you hyperlinked to was PropNET (a new propagation tracking system). Try again, but this time, click on CU2QSO instead. Both systems place all users on the same fr
Obvious Man asks... Is this really a question that one would expect from a sitting member of the CAC? I ask from ignorance. Nothing more. <scratching my head>, Evhen Tupis, W2EV
This is a little like the question, "How long have you beat your wife?". It assumes that it is happening; and simply asking the question is prejorative. In this case, it assumes that Captive rovering
-- Captive Rover -- 1. A term applied to any mobile contest operation that one feels is the cause for one's own lack of ability to compete. 2. Mythological terminology. 3. A nemisis that everyone bel
Unfortunately, George's example was one of mathmatics, not an example of what has actually happened. While an interesting read, it simply serves as a "heads up" of potential impact not proof of anyth
I will share this publicly, because I know that no Rover subscribed to the list will, for fear of the repercussions. What you are about to read is the honest truth. Choose to believe it and prosper i
Actually, this is a good point. Let's take it back one more step, though. Are "Unique QSO's" (changing the term to better reflect the inquiry) a factor in winning for anyone? After all...this isn't j
The problem is that we never blame ourselves for our own shortcomings. In this case Rovers really DO want to work other stations...but those other stations don't make it very easy to do so. Here's a
The TS-2000 will work fine with BEACONet. Bummer on thinking about parting with the Omni 6. That is one very wonderful piece of equipment that few others can compete against for raw specification. Ev
I am in support of the ARRL proposal to eliminate *detailed* contest results from QST provided: o The $100,000 per year would be publicly reallocated to a project that furthers the interests of our h
I'm not certain that everyone knows that SWOT took the time to sponsor these awards for submitted logs in the January VHF Sweepstakes. My hat is off to them as they continue to attempt to drum-up in
Two things that annoy me lately... o People who "imply information to fit their agenda" o Lame websites On the topic of the first... What the ARRL decided was that they could redirect $100,000 a year
Hi Bob, I will add N5NJ to my list of public appologies. In attempting to add a little gradeschool humor (where the terms "suck" and "lame" are bantied about with great abandon) to my frustration, I
Hi Dan, Unfortunate for me, your reply is based on a single out-of-context message that went to VHFcontesting@contesting.com. My *original* communication (and all of the followup stuff clarifying thi
... contest? o It's fun o There's a perceived reward of some sort ... submit a log? o It's easy to do o Doing so supports one of the reasons for "Why do you contest?" above The real question is this:
Gene, Certainly the "top 10" station's logs have been Cabrillo submitted for several years. Wouldn't it prove useful to examine them to see if the trend you believe is occuring is in evidence there?
This is a question that should be asked of those that operated, and didn't submit a log. The problem is, we don't know what the "problem" is yet. Gene...is the problem fewer log submissions or fewer