Hi Ken: Is there a SINGLE contest with a rule against "Cheerleading" spots? I can't think of one offhand. Also, a lot of the spotting may be being done by casual participants who don't care much abou
Good day, all: I thought this was a key point! I don't want to see the contest organizers do ANYTHING to discourage casual operators. After we work the serious guys in the first few hours, what would
Hi Mauri: I certainly do not share this impression. It can be debated whether packet assistance actually helps. Personally, I think the higher scores are due to better operating skills and stations.
Hi Mauri: I think we'll just have to agree to disagree. :-) However, M/M is a much different animal than single op and I do believe that packet helps us at W3LPL for instance. I do NOT condone cheati
Hi Tony: This isn't realistic. When operating at a M/M, if I'm working an S&P station, I'll run through the band and I'll spot what I hear if I'm not too busy. I may spot a station every hour or so f
Hello, all: Heck, I've been "guilty" of using a different callsign on the cluster than I used in the contest. (Ever been a guest operator somewhere where a TNC was already set up?) :-) And, that was
Good day, all: Thanks to everyone who looked at and made comments on my dual-boot procedure for Windows XP and DOS. So far, three people have successfully managed to dual-boot XP and DOS, one was not
Hi Eric: Interesting ideas, but... 1. For the spots to be useful, I have to know where they are coming from (basically who spotted them). I also find the specific callsigns very valuable, since I kno
Good day, all: As part of my efforts to learn how to dual-boot DOS and Windows XP, I have figured out how to create bootable DOS CD's under Windows. This would be necessary to install DOS on a comput
Hi Jay: There is nothing in the rules about not being able to start CQ'ing on a frequency before the contest starts. Heck, I usually do it myself. This is not a problem for the contest sponsors and I
Hi Chuck: Yes, I always enjoy doing this, telling the guys what to send for their exchange, and walking them through it. I'm even crazy enough to do it on CW! This is the primary reason I'm against r
I had this problem a LOT. People are saying "sixty five". That sounds identical to "fifty five." SIX FIVE and FIVE FIVE don't sound much alike. Seems like it was happening more this year, but maybe t
No, I dont' think that works. I usually end up editing a previous QSO somewhere in the contest (often three or four times) based on information I receive during the contest. For instance, I call some
Hi Kelly and everyone else: The new computers run DOS just fine. There are two gotchas, though. (Maybe 2.5!). 1. The new computers do not support ISA slots, so there is no way to plug in a DVP card.
Good day all: This contest simply wouldn't be Sweepstakes. The two suggestions that seem to come up every year are: 1. Shorten the contest...24 hours is too long 2. Switch to allowing a QSO on each b
Hello Warren, Hans, and all: Don't some of the contests report number of callsigns in the submitted logs? That might be a better metric and it is measurable. If the only participants were those who s
Hi Alex: How can the running station hit enter prematurely when you send (picking on CQWW) ve3nea 5nn 5 ? If you send 5nn 5 ve3nea lots of stations (even most) will miss the correction. I vote for ac
Hi Steve: Your QSO's will almost certainly count. Except for the Sprint, I'm not aware of any contests that penalize you if the other station busts your call or exchange. As long as they logged somet
Hello all: I'm doing WAE CW this year from Maryland instead of the Caribbean. :-( What do y'all think about strategy for the off times? (WAE requires 12 hours off during the 48 hour contest. You can
Hi All: No, let's not make it part of the number. 46B versus 466?!?!? I used to use "pwr?" as well, but switched to "prec?". Hmmm... that IS what it's called guys. I kinda like "Q?" If you can't hear