At present, octopus and octopus-like derivatives are not banned per se. In DX contests, multi-single class was re-defined by limiting the number of band changes band per time period, removing any adv
If the remote spotting of their pile-ups was perceived to provide a real competitive advantage, why haven't the bigger M/M stations made cooperative arrangements to create private spotting networks w
If we do not presume competence on the part of the writer as to how the rules were constructed and do not rely upon standard usage when reading the rules, then the rules have no objective meaning. Al
Except that if those really were PRIVATE spotting nets, then neither Dave nor anyone else would be able to see what was happening on those nets. It would be totally undetectable. If the rules really
Perhaps. Although I am skeptical that knowing which inaudible stations are calling me would be quite so beneficial. Even if I'm being fed callsigns (assumed to be correct), once I get a callsign, I'm
Slim has been a regular fixture in the DX game for a long time and Slim has benn known to borrow real callsigns. To know that a station is an LoTW participant all one has to do is look at the HB9BZA
My nominee for best contest-related article is "Beat PVRC" by John Troster W6ISQ from Nov 1971 QST p.56 <http://p1k.arrl.org/cgi-bin/topdf.cgi?id=63342&pub=qst> My nominee for best contest results wr
No, it wasn't CQWW RTTY; it was the JARTS WW contest. JARTS is the Japanese Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society. The Japanese RTTY segment on 40m is 7025-7045 kHz; they can't operate up "high" in the b
It was the US Department of Commerce and Labor at that time. The split into separate Departments of Commerce and Labor came shortly thereafter in 1913. The 1912 Act to regulate radio communications d
A DRM SW broadcast starting on the half-hour? 73, Mike K1MK _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listi
The NAQP Cabrillo Log Specification can be found here: <http://www.ncjweb.com/NAQP_Cabrillo_Spec.txt> That shows as examples a value for the QTH field of XE for Mexico and KP4 for Puerto Rico. Accord
I think Vic hit it on the head. The USPS does change zone boundaries and prefixes on occasion. Haven't found any place on the Web where past changes have been archived. 73, Mike K1MK ________________
Yes. But they must read CQ-Contest reflector and seen your message because they're back up now :-) 73, Mike K1MK _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@con
What? Are you talking about the absence of 1800-1810 kHz from the IARU Region 1 bandplan? Simple. Amateurs in most Region 1 countries don't have access to it because 1800-1810 kHz is allocated to the
That's been the ID requirement since Oct 1972. The rule originally read in part "... when a station is operated within the privileges of the operator's class of license but which exceeds those of the
I don't see that rule as ambiguous; I see it as common sense. If you don't want to accept all of the responsibly for anything that might go wrong when you allow someone else to operate using your cal
No, not quite. You would need to have SOME Extra class licensee be there with you IF (and only if) you "operate" in the Extra bands. 73, Mike K1MK _______________________________________________ CQ-C
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Okay, perhaps I answered too succinctly. Yes, if you were one of the guest ops at a multi-op from a superstition where higher class licenses are present (and awake) to serve as the control operator.