An interesting solution. I've been using a similar, but less intrusive, approach for the past 20 years, or so. First on my FOSTEX, then on my Bose QC-1 and then more recently on my Bose QC-2. Advanta
Exactly. Since the average contest QSO takes about 10 seconds, are we suggesting that no one can take 10 to 20 seconds to simply determine if the frequency is occupado by LISTENING?? duh. Jim N6TJ __
I believe that blindly sending ? on what appears to be a quiet frequency, without first listening for some tens of seconds is simply ROTTEN OPERATING. I'm at ZD8Z running Eastern Europe, and get a ca
Gentlemen: I guess The Emperor has strongly suggested that the old Neiger's Tigers be put out to pasture, since NONE of its five teams (following) made it into the 2005 CQ WW CW results. Three things
I'm taking a serious look @ WIN-TEST, namely because that's what Jose CT1BOH uses. And today, simply no one does it better than Jose. To paraphrase the old E.F. HUTTON advertisement: "when CT1BOH spe
A-men to that, Ellen. Scott and his wife Donna have been my dear friends since 1970, or so, and we always smile at some of our fondly remembered contesting sagas. It just doesn't get any better than
Another inane idea. Why not REALLY improve the contest by seriously considering remedying the ancient, unfair, archaic "points per QSO vs. your continent" nonsense. My experience tells me, unfortunat
Following N4ZR's admonition, I'll re-label this notion as DREAMING. A scoring system for CQ WW DX contests that I think could really work is idealistically simple: QSO's in YOUR country 1 point QSO's
More power to Jose if he wants to use cut numbers and it's for the rest of us to (1) get on board, and (2) figure out what he's sending. Since the earliest days of telegraphy (remember that stuff, gu
Unfortunately the SOAB vs. SOAB(A) issue, while of interest, only addresses the world of playing fair. While I greatly prefer the SOAB category over Assisted, I've grown to appreciate the activity th
TOP TEN REASONS WHY SOME CHANGE THEIR CONTESTING CATEGORY AFTER THEIR LOG IS SUBMITTED OR POSTED ON 3830 10. I saw that my score in the new category would be No. 1. 9. I knew I could get away with it
Every year we go through the same silly arguments, trying to restrict the amount of fun we have in contests. If someone wants to operate 48 hours, and can, then why not?? I notice that Andy AE6Y, P49
Randy. Well thought-out and this is something I could definitely support. The challenge, of course, will be to help the sponsors with the extra burden. And where do the results get published (since w
Why we're all in the formative stages of What Ifing from Randy's excellent notions, may I add a couple additional ideas? Thank you. (1) Our ARRL National Contest Journal take on the sponsorship of th
RIP Dear Friend. We had so many memorable contesting and life experiences together, it just will not be the same without Phil. Just last week we were lamenting the loss of our mutual friend Ezzat SU1
Reality Show. Packet and spotting is here to stay. I believe that ASSISTED / NON-ASSISTED should be lumped into one category. If you think spotting helps, use it. At least then the (too many) Assiste
So helpful that KR2Q has defined the "track" for us. Thank you, Sir: The CQ WW DX Committee, of which KR2Q is a Member, continues to promote and foster "rules" that are so archaic, arbitrary, and app
I've seen Tree stand in front of a mirror and use the "awesome" word. N6TJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.co
I'm having dinner with one of their more active contesters Saty JE1JKL , 9M6NA etc, tomorrow, and I will try and get Saty's opinion and report back here. Jim Neiger N6TJ _____________________________
Outstanding words and visions from Paul. Because somebody CAN do it, does it follow that they SHOULD? Self-serving logic to the maximum. If some are keen to "remote" in a contest, fine. But the rules