The Real Contesters are pleased to announce a new worldwide CW and SSB DX contest to be held on the nearest weekend to April 1 with many new innovations which we are sure will not only excite the con
The comments made about stations not listening for Africa can be equally applied to VK/ZL. It makes for a very frustrating experience when you can hear a lot of stations who clearly cannot hear you,
Ifthey can bring one hop propagation to NA and EU with them then I will put a good word in with NZ immigration Robert.:-) If they can't then before they leave they will needto make sure they have a g
The ZL3X multi-op operates from a remote site and because we have had problems with a reliable internet connection we use a 2m packet link to access the cluster. Now admittedly we are not competitive
our they 5 Bermuda to New York 1200km = 2pts Christchurch New Zealand to Sydney Australia 2200km = 1pt Bermuda to Los Angeles 4900km = 2pts Christchurch to Hawaii 7600km = 1pt. and that is putting t
Since we are talking scoring systems and technology (albeit in different threads)... I grew up with video games from their early days (man I feel old). These started out as arcade shoot'em up style g
Some interesting comments; some were even on topic ;-) All I was trying to say (but perhaps not that well?) is that there is room for innovation in contest scoring just like there has been with RBN a
I like the idea of a multi single type category, one transmitted signal, limited band changes, but I think each station must transmit for a minimum amount of time. This would make each team work to m
While on the topic of zero pointers... This weekend is the BERU (British Empire Radio Union) CW contest whereby those in British Commonwealth countries work each other. I know I am probably preaching
Apart from the fact anything by the band Multiplier should be a sure fire winner (although I doubt to the taste of many here), the two that spring to mind for a video are MARRS, Pump Up the Volume an
I was wondering what the average operating time in the CQ WW 2013 CW and SSB contests were for single operators. But although the operating hours were listed in the results database you could not sor
Hi Michael More likely on a percentage basis anyway. Because more operated unassisted than assisted, (56% in the CW contest, 65% SSB), the actual numbers favour the unassisted ops in just about all c
Hi Ward Rather than a level playing field which as you note is just about impossible, for me all discussion about points scoring boils down to one thing. Incentivising stations to beam to all parts o
This is an interesting discussion. When someone asks me why I just don't just use the internet or a cellphone instead of a radio my usual response is on that basis why would someone paint a picture i
"W0MU asked: "Why does the USA always get "punished"?" in the CQ WW Contest. Answer: Because it's a DX contest! A better question is, why are we all forced to work a station in our country just to ge
A few days ago there were some comments around contests and rules you would like to see. So here is one idea. At the moment CQ has a DX Marathon that runs for a year. I have been thinking what would
Hi Randy et al The various comments have made interesting reading. If I may add some thoughts. Firstly I think people might go on small Dxpeditions to activate semi rare entities. This already happen
The CQ WW Committee blog post about audio recording is a bit of surprise to me. Up until now I had figured audio recording would only be an issue in Oceania for the serious entrants (i.e. entries wit
Hi Bob If I may clarify your reply on this topic. Are you saying: 1. The Committee will only request audio recordings where they believe an entrant has breached the rules. 2. In this instance where t
Interestingly the talk coming out of Team New Zealand is that they think technology has gone a bit far and so it seems likely the rules for the next regatta will be more in line with previous events.