spotted don't want to most Hey, even a nasty old purist like me could buy into this solution. The beauty of it is it's simplicity! 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ C
N2IC responds: Interesting notion (I disagree, but it's still interesting). Let's take this a step further then. B4 the SS phone weekend I populate a "mental bandmap" with the Sunday QTR/QRG of sever
-- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb the I don't think the WRTC shoot-outs can be used as a "Gold Standard" against which to compare other contest rules. When every other contest includes an impart
Thank you, David, for so clearly making my point. Packet in contests seems to be a crutch for those who are not Radiomen enough to find their own Q's. 73, de Hans, K0HB _____________________________
Internet As you know, Tim, I'm very much a "boy and his radio" kind of contester. In that mindset, any information which doesn't reach me via my antenna-connector/headset route doesn't belong in the
Steve, Haven't you heard? Starting with the 2006 contest season it will be illegal to have a human Radioman on the premises during the contest. Just a lot of cluster-robots working each other. 73, d
Rubber clocking isn't even the same thing, since it involves lying about the time a station was worked. Manually scanning the bands to find the QRG of a number of stations before the opening bell do
My Heil "ProSet" headset is due for a replacement (hopefully b4 SS phone this weekend). Have been pretty satisfied, but always on the lookout for something better. Has anyone here used the newer "Pro
Hey, I know I'm like Don Quixote, tilting at a windmill, but humor an old "purist" coot just once more. What is this business about leveling the playing field? Everything I do in the area of contest
Tom Taormina, K5RC replied: for still instead. I'm with the "OF" on this one. One of my other favorite hobbies is deer hunting, and there are a lot of similarities. Both have hardware tools (rifles/r
At my advanced age I sometimes forget the date on my first license. Maybe the same with them. I guess that confounds those who depend on a database for the information rather than actually copying w
Awwww, those rascals, kicking the crutches away from cripples! For shame! 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://l
<cq-contest@contesting.com> This is an idea which should not be tossed aside lightly. It should be HURLED ASIDE WITH GREAT FORCE since it would effectively eliminate the northern tier states (especi
an Bill, I run SS with what I call SO1.5R. Main rig (IC775/AL1200) and an old bullet-proof R4C on an 18AVQ that I use to hunt for mults. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb ____
Hey, those last three hours are when us Black-Holers make our move on you propagationally advantaged southern Bubbas! If you don't want to work those three hours, then work an additional three hours
Be careful what you wish for..... .....you might get it. All this sentiment for a "level playing field" flies directly in the face of what competition is all about. The very essence of radiosport con
My guess is that there >>almost certainly<< will be a clear separation of scores, in the favor of those operators who have developed an additional competitive skill. To make a rule change to neutral
Bill, We're not as far apart in our thinking as you might assume. I'd like to see just one less class SO than you propose -- dump that wimpy "limited" thing -- only you and Diana Moon Glompers are i
Diana Moon Glompers would love it. A true celebration of vanilla-mediocrity. 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:
Thank you George. You absolutely NAILED it. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- Operating SO1.5R (A 10 year-old 775 and a 40 year old R4C) know running put out categories. categories QST meter article _____________