Hi Sean, what about the 2009 results article? That is still missing on the web. :-(( Thanks & 73, Olli - DH8BQA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@cont
Hi Joe & all, that's why you would define *fixed* time slots for "wanted duping" (please re-read David's suggestion), i.e. 6 hours. Meaning if the contest starts at 12 UTC you can work me once betwee
Interesting to say the least ... 73, Olli - DH8BQA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-co
Does that work Al? So I should never again call K1TTT, KC1XX, W3LPL, etc. (having the faith they are all running legally) just because they are louder then the rest of the gang? What about antenna, h
You don't need remote stations for that, just "good friends". This kind of cheating was present already 30 years ago when nobody knew how to spell "internet". ;-)) 73, Olli - DH8BQA I think the suspe
Jesus, make the award as PDF free for everybody! That will probably give you a few more contacts. Having to pay is surely *no* incentive for all the casual ops ... ;-) 73 & gl, Olli - DH8BQA This yea
Tim, ever heard of "the bureau"? Will cost nothing (at least internationally for US operators) except membership in your local society (ARRL for US). Just to add still another point of view. ;-) 73,
Thanks to Charles and John for the clarification. Was not aware that there are additional fees besides ARRL membership. Seems we're living in perfect world concerning this in Germany and I suppose mo
Dear contest committee, I just started analysing my last year's WWDX UBN's and found a few strange things already. Please see my detailed analysis for a few sample QSOs below. To my mind those errors
Thanks Paul, I was not aware of it. ;-) 73, Olli - DH8BQA Oliver, CQ is aware of this and will post corrected results on their website soon. See here: http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2012/08/software-
How will that help him to share the COM port amongst different applications wanting to access the Yaesu's serial port? @Ken: You might want to google for "serial port splitter", there are a few appli
If you remote across borders, dont you need at a minimum the proper license to do that? Where is the difference to being there in person? New rule proposal: for all remote contest operations, have th
Maybe KB1H? ;-) 73, Olli - DH8BQA -- Original Message -- From: "DickT-W0RAA" <dickt@w0raa.com> To: "cq-contesting" <cq-contest@contesting.com>; "Grand Mesa Contest Club" <gmc@grandmesa.org>; "Mile Hi
Exactly this is done by the DCL - DARC Contest Logbook. DARC automatically puts all confirmed contest QSOs into the DCL database. Besides this they also import the big CQ contest logs (only confirmed
Hi guys, as it turns out I will probably be in Boston, MA, for QRL the week before WPX-SSB. Is there any contest station in reasonable distance I could use to experience WPX from the other side of th
Hi Randy, at first I though that might be an error and your "it is now allowed" should have been "it is not allowed". Checking the general rules for all entrants they state: "Only one signal on a ban
Hi Lloyd, you can switch between the contests by re-opening the other log (File -> Open log in database). Not too convenient but better than nothing. I'm not aware of any possibility to run 2 instanc
WPX CW 2014? Back to future? ;-) Congrats Frank! 73, Olli - DH8BQA Contest, DX & radio projects: http://www.dh8bqa.de Am 09.04.2014 09:22, schrieb S51F: I am very glad, that i recieved my first plaqu
Hi Bob, 0.3% error rate in reports/exchanges sounds a bit high in a contest where just CQ zones are exchanged. On the contrary in a contest with serial numbers like WPX I would rate 0.3% error rate i