Bravo to Tree for the excellent detailed explanation. This should be published in the NCJ, QST, CQ, and World Radio for starters. Yes, Yes & Yes! Since the difference between 1st & 2nd place in many
Jack, W6FB (Father of the KRC2 Band Decoder), inquired: Yes and No. Big brother would also be 'controlling' a lot of things from Central HQ. Yes, everyone would need to be connected. "No Adjustments
BINGO...finally someone has plainly and simply set forth the "realties" of why (in a perfect world) there should be four different scoring handicaps (oooops... "Categories") for SO Contesting. Anothe
Doug: I just loved your historical summary of the way Single Op things used to be. Very nostalgic, OM...Tnx. Thank God we don't have to fumble around with Manual Dupe Sheets any more. That was always
Hmmm..."the critical point that separates it (spotting assistance) from all the other technology is that the help is coming from other individuals in real time, during the contest." OK. Once again, E
The first couple times I heard you send just "numbers", I thought it was a malfunction with your logging program, until I decided to listen to the frequency of one of those *strange* "numbers" :-) Ha
An erroneous assumption that exists in all of this is that the "pileup" always consists of the same group of stations calling until the pileup dwindles. In reality, if the DX station doesn't I.D. fre
Interesting the subject of cut numbers has surfaced again. Basically, I hate cut numbers. However, just yesterday I was thinking about maybe using "Cut Characters" in the next CW Sprint. Since my leg
Happy New Year, fellow Contesters! I anticipate 2007 will continue to be filled with more friendly & lively discussions about both perceived and real "inequalities" associated with the great Art & Sp
In my original post, I had proposed the following experimental "Techo" categories: On second thought, probably ditch the latter as these are already "Big Gun" players who most likely are less likely
What I propose can actually make SS a more "fun" experience during what many have professed to be the "Sunday afternoon dolrums". There have been previous posts to this Reflector from some of the Con
rules or cut numbers. Yes, "Miracles" still happen. Try putting either Post-It Notes or computer generated BOLD font text notes (cut 'em down to size), and put one on your monitor screen, at the top
A couple of more items for Pete's Master List. Dale, KG5U, mentioned: <snip> IMHO, "comfort" is mega-Important. I start to gag if I'm in a warm to hot stuffy room (one reasons I had difficulty concen
<snip> The Professor may have "skewed" his date a bit, but doubtful he intended a 48 hour contest "mental activity" duration. However, perhaps the humidty factor plays a big part in this as well ???
LQP Rules Version 2 modified 1/16/07 @ 9PM (PST) have now been released. See http://www.k6vva.com/lqp for details. Remember, SEVEN one-year subscriptions to the NCJ (National Contest Journal) are des
The LQP (Locust QSO Party) is tonight, Wednesday, 1/17/06, at 6PM (PST). I awoke this morning in an almost state of panic when I realized a potential LQP Awards Caveat exists. The LQP Rules Version 4
Tnx to all who showed up for the LQP last night, and for all the 50th Anniversary well wishes. Several of you indicated you're also close to being licensed for 50 years or just beyond. Congrats! It a
I'm also posting here in the event someone else might be interested in the info. I believe he speaks the truth, 'cuz I've seen probably 3 TL-922's on his workbench over the past few years. FYI & 73..
I agree. 73... Rick, K6VVA P.S. Confession: It appears I inadvertently made 3 Q's in that zone last night ;-( _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contes
Here are the LQP Claimed Scores for acceptably formatted log submissions received to date. K5NA60,000 K1GU54,000 N3BB49,000 W5GAI47,000 K7SS46,000 NB1B44,000 W4NZ43,000 K4BAI40,000 W0RAA37,000 K6LA36