Klaus: with I believe that this means that when your log is scored, it will only be compared to others in the same category. You will still be able to call/work any station in the test, the differenc
Hello Guys... I have been following this debate, and I wanted to ask Mal a question: Mal, N7MAL SEZ: Mal, Are you saying that FCC has rules pertaining to contests? Yes, there are FCC regulations pert
Bill, You bet! Ignore it. This is nothing more than an extreme case of sour grapes. Although the accuser shows a little more courage than most of the snipers. You know how you competed; the other sta
Pat, Speaking as a middle-to-end of the pack contestor, I sometimes upload to LOTW BEFORE I send the Cabrillo file to the contest sponsor. I have found that the contest community as a whole is very g
Mike, I did not get the clean sweep this year.... Darnit! Toughest one(s) for me: EWA believe it or not! Finally got WA7LT on 80. MT; did not ever hear Montana this year. NT; could not copy VY1JA und
Rick, Speaking as a casual contestor who has only been in the running, never at the top, your idea is not practical. Or are you saying that only participants who "expect to win" should register? Eith
Original message edited for brevity... Not content. SNIP SNIP Shelby, While you apparently consider yourself a mid-level, not overly-active contester, I would think that you are on a much higher leve
Guys, As a middle or bottom of the pack, low life contester type, I can only ask that all you highly motivated contest experts take the skimmer debate to E-mail! I can't believe the amount of time an
Yeah, Me too.. I already have fifty on phone, fifty on RTTY and forty-seven on CW. All via LOTW. Getting those last few confirmations on CW will not be a real problem, I'll just do NAQP or Sweeps. It
Glen, 14.196 is not out of US allocations. 14.147 maybe but not .196 Unless the caller is not an Extra or Advanced. Yeah I know, our band slices for various licensees are very confusing, even to us,
Fellows, This stuff really gets out of hand doesn't it? I don't understand where the "ethics" part comes from, especially if we ware talking about the "called" station. How anyone in the excitement o
Randy, (and the others) Now you have opened the floodgates. After every major contest, we, the contest community and the ham community at large, are subjected to these same complaints. This subject h
OK Guys, Speaking only as one of the bottom feeder type of con-tester, you know; one of those folks that all you top-tier types need to fill in your precious logs... It is a matter of little to no co
This fellow did the same to his call that he was doing to the DX calls. Check VE7FKM. I think that will answer your questions 73 Gary _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailin
Guys, I have been a subscriber to the list for quite some time. I have also read most, if not all, of the hot button debates that come up from time to time. Sometimes, I even learn something from the
Having worked every state in the union more than once, I usually only participate in state QSO parties for fun. But since I live in Washington state, a number of our local clubs are fairly competitiv