If the contest sponsor has some leeway in the latest time it accepts logs for special and not-so-special circumstances, then it seems to me that there is really no "deadline". A deadline by its defin
Ed - As part of the comments on the K1TTT spotting report, you wrote (in part): "Self Spotters don't "cheat" unless they enter the contest by submitting a log." Does this imply that the only particip
I deliberately did not use the word cheat in my post. I said not following the rules. I think there is a difference; in connotation if nothing else. - Duffey -- KK6MC James Duffey Cedar Crest NM ____
"Last December I had the occasion to drive from Cleveland to Arlington, VA, on the Sunday of the ARRL 10 meter contest. To make the drive more interesting I put the 10 meter HamStick on the car, and
As a participant in the 1966 Novice Roundup (NR), I have always had a soft spot in my heart for that contest. I have been disappointed with the ARRL's decision to discontinue it, and although the lev
The March QST has an announcement for "The ARRL Rookie Roundup" to be held in Aoril. It is the entry level contest that more or less is a follow-on to the Novice Roundup in which many of us (WN0MWN i
I meant that real time logging will deal problems with contest logging in general, particularly after the contest is over but logs have yet to be submitted. So it is nice to see the ARRL implement it
Ward - Bravo to you and the others for moving the contesting world into the 21st century. It is long overdue and I hope that it grows from a single contest into many. It may not be appropriate for al
I hope that KX9X speaks up here about the differences in the web vs. print rules for the Rookie contest. My understanding with respect to the real time logging is that the QST announcement is correct
A rule like this: "All callsigns and exchange information must be sent, received, acknowledged, and logged correctly by each station for a complete QSO." seems to cover it pretty well and is a ration
Are any of the RBN stations going to be skimming on 6M for the VHF contest? As assistance is allowed at all levels in the VHF contest, 6M feeds from the RBN would be very useful. I think many of the
Ed - You wrote: "I must have "missed the memo" on this one if there was ever any dialog concerning this. Anyone else think this is just a bad idea?" In July, the ARRL BOD directed the formation of an
N2IC is only a poor example because he does not support your hypothesis. To call his location a mountain top is a bit of an exaggeration, at least for New Mexico. Mesa yes, mountaintop no. Maybe in
It is not 3/32 as that is not a standard screw size. It is probably a #2 (most likely) or #3. The best thing to do is take the screw to a good hardware store, like Ace or True Value, or a commercial
Hans - It is straight forward to calculate the percentage of hams that play by the rules in ham contesting and it is less than the 99.99% number you claim. Consider: Not counting check logs, there we
Thanks Hans. I hope we can get together sometime when you are in AZ for the winter or I am up there visiting family. - Duffey KK6MC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
I know that there have been negative scores calculated by the log checking software in VHF contests, when they were reported by the ARRL they were given a score of zero. I suspect that is the policy
Well, I like this scoring. I made zero QSOs, for a total of 1/0 = for an infinite score. Which by the definition cannot be counted, so it wins by default. I did submit my score on a 5 inch floppy, is
To the extent that this is an issue, it is really only an issue for those states or entities that have a lot of counties. And, then it is as much an issue of how individual mobiles choose to operate
This is not the way the QSO Party rules I am familiar with work. In the QSO Party rules I am familiar with, if I, a mobile, work you from 20 counties on two bands, you do indeed earn 40 mults, but I