The issue does undermine the credibility & integrity of this IARU event as a contest. It could be addressed by attributing nil points to contacts between HQ and other stations in the territory they r
You make a good point Doug but something needs to be done if competition between HQ operations is to acquire any credibility. Your suggestion for establishing a "Uniques" threshold for contacts betwe
This is good stuff, Tree. I share your views. Additionally, IARU and our National Societies should be at pains to promote ethical contesting and to discourage 'win any way' tactics. This is fundament
There is a fundamental difference here. SO v MO is obvious - one op and more than one operator. Team performance will exceed single operator performance without any requirement for additional single
Zero points for your own country is not detrimental to CQ WW, rather it's fundamental to it. Note the World-Wide aspect to the title. This is a DX contest. It promotes interest in travelling to and a
Pat The answer is No. The reason is that the data was prepared pre-contest. A single operator is a single operator during the contest. You can have as many helpers as you wish prior to the start of t
Inherent in the deployment cut numbers should be an assessment by the sender of whether they will firstly, be understood and secondly, whether it matters if they are not. If in CQWW, neither RST nor
CQWWCW saw my MFJ-259B analyser come to a careless end, at my own hand. The RF is supposed to come out of that SO239 not go in ;-( Can anyone point me to a source for the circuit diagram of this unit
Many thanks to all who offered assistance. I now have what I need. 73 Bob, 5B4AGN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contes
One thing is for sure: This subject has certainly charged the emotions. I don't support the idea of an all-out ban on use of skimmer technology in contesting, so I will not sign the petition. However
I have a proposal for the rule makers which addresses what I perceive to be the major threat to the future of contesting. I love contesting and have enjoyed it for over 40 years. I cherish the differ
The comment in the 2009 WAE rules regarding "contest free" windows is inconsistent with the statement dated 29 March 2009 published on the IARU web. The IARU statement refers to "contest preferred" a
The difficulty I have with this, is that WAE 2009 Rule 2 attributes a position to IARU which I can find no evidence it holds. The recently published IARU Region 1 band plan makes no mention of contes
An interesting thread. A single tri-fed C31XR has been used with significant success in both SO2R and M/2 scenarios at P3F for 8 years now. The single tower installation supports a C31XR, an XM240 an
Tim I'm not sure there would be any significant advantage. I have no plans to do this myself as it would require I build another high power tri-plexer. That's a lot of work just to stand still. I dou
This practice is becoming all too common. A legacy of cluster and RBN. We can't turn the clock back, so these technologies are here to stay. But we should not have to put up with this growing bad pra
I find the more direct the approach the more efficient. Use the rules to explain what is acceptable and what isn't. Apply sanctions against those in breach. Bob, 5B4AGN ______________________________
Surely what you describe is more of a reaction than a solution. A solution would be to set out in the rules what is acceptable then penalise none compliance. 73 Bob, 5B4AGN Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09: