Not sure self-spotting is the solution to the actual problem... Someone spammed the cluster system with cleverly designed spots that spoofed the sender's callsign. As someone who has been harassed by
This problem cannot be solved without adding some level of authentication to the spotting system. Right now anyone can spot anything using any call. The WW Committee lacks subpoena power so it may no
Launching a new contest is a difficult thing. It's like throwing a party. You have to hope enough people show up to make it so fun they want to do it again. One reason the WW is so popular is that it
The game doesn't start until after 2300z so there is minimal overlap except for those who enjoy the pre-game show or attending Super Bowl parties! We have the Olympics this weekend as well. I would s
This is covered in the CQ WW rules FAQ. https://www.cqww.com/rules_faq.htm Q: For a single-band entry, is it allowed to be looking for multipliers on other bands to request a QSY, sked or even just a
The rule does cover this. The FAQ is to help people understand how that rule is interpreted. Otherwise the rules would be tens or hundreds of pages. As for your category change example... going from
"New Rules in effect for all ARRL HF Contests in June Starting with the ARRL International Digital Contest, in all categories that allow assistance (Unlimited), the use of online and other non-amate
I have posted the recordings from my operation for both modes in ARRL DX Contest 2022 to my website. You are welcome to listen in. CW - https://k5zd.com/audio-k5zd-arrl-dx-cw-2022/ SSB - https://k5zd
You can read the rules and results of all WRTC events at https://wrtc.info/ Correct, but back to the rules, didn't the teams have something different in the rules Joe WB9SBD / W9ET Theres nothing pre
It is like riding a bicycle. You will only fall off a few times... --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+k5zd=outlook.com@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Michael Dinkelman Sent: Satu
I am going to refer to the CQ WW rules, but I think they are same for WW RTTY and WPX. Rules that cover every future variant of technology are hard to write. It was hoped the simplicity of "The entra
Please use the correct contest module in your logging software. The CQ WW RTTY has both CQ zone and W/VE state/province in the exchange. Logs that do not include the received state will have large sc
I recall a commercial for Life Cereal where the two kids say, "Let's get Mikey to try it. He hates everything." For some reason that comes to mind when I read one of your posts about some contest tha
I finally found time to process the recordings of my operation from V47T in CQ WW SSB 2022 into one hour files. Check them out at https://k5zd.com/audio-v47t-cq-ww-ssb-2022/ There is a copy of the lo
The WRTC 2022 committee has organized an operating event involving stations from around the world to promote the upcoming competition in Italy in July 2023. You may have heard all the *WRTC callsigns
Do we know if they were purposefully deleted? ARRL is not the best at maintaining anything on the web. Have you written to ARRL to ask? Seems like that would be a good starting point. Depending on th
There is some commentary on that topic here. https://www.cqww.com/ssbsignalquality.htm I'm looking for a nice set of what the audio of a SSB signal looks like processed vs non-processed. Anyone know
The Raw Scores for the 2023 CQ WPX SSB Contest are now available on the cqwpx.com website. https://cqwpx.com/raw.htm?mode=ph 7,637 logs have been received so far. This exceeds the record of 7,605 set
Good question. The rules for the CQWW and CQ WPX contest set the limit at total output power. That means output from the transmitter/amplifier. NOT power at the antenna. Other contests may specify di
Scoreboards provide one very real value to operators - the opportunity to know how their competition is doing for score. Contesting used to be 'man isolated in basement' vs his own mental fortitude t