Relative to the PAQSO party, the doubled points are an attractant, if only because it can make a difference to winning that county or section, etc. Our official policy is to encourage people to engag
I would hope that contests would not ban the skimmer. The reasons are not due to any ideas about more or less desirable entry status, but more on possibly turning one or another class into an anachro
I suspect that a rather large part of the delay is for lack of help. There are so many more people who participate and enter contests than there are those who work on the results of those contests. -
Some things in life are wonderful, like a good pale ale and CW Morse. But sometimes it is an acquired taste. That very first sip of beer can be very bitter, and Morse does have a learning curve. Some
There was a post here calling for a ban on it, forget who it was tho'. Agreed. In fact as a person who enjoys the bells and whistles of computers, as well as the knobs on my radio, I would be happy t
Respectfully disagree that this is simple. This is an exceptionally intricate and complex thing to implement. I have had programmers withdraw support because I made changes to the PAQSO party, so in
PAQSO was started in 1957 when yours truly was a wee lad of three. MARAC was organized in 1970. What about the sections? Florida has NFL, SFL, WCF, California has a gazillion sections. We have an awa
And yet the MAQP folded after 2 years. how are we going to require State QSO parties to do anything, Kevin? Massive boycott or something? not participate because a party requires a checkable exchange
I've been reading some of the posts calling for a one hour deadline for log submissions. I don't think it will work very well. And I have actual facts to support that opinion. In way of personal exp
That's pretty good. Wish I could say the same. Your experience is one data point, But there are hundreds and even thousands of people trying to get mail to me, an error rate of just one percent could
I've found that one of the mandatory requirements for surviving Dayton is a really good pair of shoes. Two years ago I wore a comfortable but not good pair to Dayton, and ended up with Plantar Fascia
Well, I would have preferred PDF myself, but yeah, it's the end! hehe 8^) -73 de Mike N3LI - _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://l
Does use of the rate sheet put an Op in the assisted category? Jes kiddin' More seriously, HTML is an awkward format for messages that might be printed. I had recommended PDF because it will print ou
Agreed. In way of comparison, I recently bought a new mobile radio which I connected to my computer to run Ham Radio Deluxe. Nice free program, I suggest checking it out. One of it's features is a ba
My experience has been different. I do often find that a lot of people think that you have to spend a lot of money to do well. While if all things are equal, the "hotter" setup" will outperform a mor
Quite true. CW skimmer does things that my PC bandscope does not do. Fortunately I didn't say they were the same thing. That is it's advantage. That my bandscope tells me where the SSB signals are to
I don't recall saying it was assistance, Hans. I was posing the question on whether it should be banned or not. I certainly suspect that those who had computers had a big advantage over those who did
I don't find it odd. How about we phrase the issue, and look at this in an unemotional light. (nothing regarding your post, this just seemed like a good time to interject) We can draw a line wherever
I think that the fully automated station is a bit of a red herring. While technologically interesting, there wouldn't be much point to it. Once the station is set up and making QSO's, presumably with
This looks like a good place to interject. The rule such as it is, is simply not capable of addressing the Skimmer. Skimmer is technology that was for the most part, not even conceived at the time. S