Call the class SOU (Single Op Underserving) 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/li
participation, "As measured by log submissions" isn't really material -- getting more signals on the air should be the focus. "More logs" is an incidental by-product. I don't think any statistically
don't Second Place is First Loser [disclaimer] Just kidding [/disclaimer] 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://l
We'll have to agree to disagree on this one, Bill. I feel that if someone develops a skill, a station configuration, or a technical wrinkle which advantages them over lesser prepared participants, t
Wouldn't make a bit of difference, Bill. I could turn my existing "limited" station over to any of several local operators for CQWW (N0AT, K0SR are a couple who come to mind) while I operated the su
Maybe, but I seriously don't think so. If you construct a "limited" category, it will almost certainly come to be dominated by a select small handful of "super operator/stations" whose competitive j
Good thing it was a CQ contest, not an ARRL contest. 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/m
Back in the 90's I served two terms as Dakota Division Vice Director, so got a look behind the curtain. Contesters, DXers, and Traffic guys are what ARRL considers it's "core membership", the folks
And thus, I presume, the FT1000D and other similarly-capable equipment would not be a legal rig in your proposed "Limited" station class? 73, de Hans, K0HB __________________________________________
Ya mean like those know-nothings over at CQ? Line-scores are alive and well over there. 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin
Despite your tendency to minimize opposing views with sarcasm, I haven't seen anyone call it an "anti-contester" act. But a lot of people have called it a "stupid" act and a "not paying attention to
George, To "set the tone" for my response, this thread morphed from a discussion about the thrill a of newcomer seeing his call in print in a national magazine. NCJ (despite the "N" in it's name) is
No, (despite all my grousing about line scores and section news) "first and foremost" ARRL is a single voice in the wilderness valiantly attempting to "save ham radio as we know it". For no other re
Field In defense of ARRL, more individuals participate in Field Day than probably all the rest of their contests combined. Whether it is a contest or not-a-contest is not part of the question. While
That's UNFAIR!!!!!!! We need a SEPARATE CATEGORY for guys like him. <BSEG> 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://
Doug, You're joking, right? Seriously proposing this idea would gain us more enemies than if the Baptists closed all the beer joints in Wisconsin! 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/
Or move the throne into the ham-shack? 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http
If the only reason you're an ARRL member is because you want to see your call letters printed in QST, then perhaps there is no justification for your membership. Join some other national amateur org
I admire the Radiomen (capital "R") who can compete in a major contest in QRP category. One of our local examples, N0UR, absolutely astounds me with the logs he builds with <5W. But the stations who
That's valid reasoning, as far as it goes. But how about the teenager (with non-ham parents) just getting started in ham radio and contesting, or the "empty nester" or retireee who has had ham radio