Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:31:55 -0000
My only problem with the phonetics was having to correct VO1HE from VO1HX. ECHO and XRAY sound surprisingly similar in a pileup. I found EDWARD did the trick quicker that ENGLAND or ECUADOR. It would
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 12:57:45 -0000
Hi Steve, more than one station calling CQ on a particular frequency where they may or may not hear each other as well. If it was W2xxx and W7yyy and I wanted W7, it makes it clear who I was trying t
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 03:58:56 -0000
Hi, The only thing I would suggest for any contest is the inclusion of a unique identifier for each QSO. A serial number, an honest signal report or something that cannot be assumed gives the contest
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:58:39 -0000
This IS a good idea. K1 is 2 points for me but a VE7 or VY1 is 0, unless he's a mult. DX does mean Distant Transmission and if the station is in your backyard, he's not distant but if he's in another
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 13:45:39 -0000
Hi Jacob, The band, like all bands, is open to "somewhere" all the time. Sometimes there aren't any stations located where it's open to though :) I find that a lot of ops stay away based on the assum
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:41:48 -0000
Mal, Mark et al, While I can understand some of your argument, I don't think you should categorize all cluster users as "cheaters". They are taking advantage of a technology that has been made availa
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:48:36 -0000
For me, the "correct" phonetics are always easy to copy. It's the "personalized" ones that can also throw you off. If I use "Very Old One Has Everything" I'll have to repeat it a million times. Every
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:57:12 -0000
If you use phonetics, please use the "standard" phonetics, not these little sayings that get lost in the QRM. Even the spoken section name is better than just saying the letters. 73 -- Paul VO1HE ___
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:19:15 -0000
Nope. 73 -- Paul VO1HE (Voice Of One HF Enthusiast) _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-c
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:17:52 -0000
I must agree. A callsign is a callsign and these addenda make for more trouble than they're worth. That's like if I operate at 1W in a boat on a trailer on the highway. VO1HE/VO1/QRP/MM/M Conversely,
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:09:06 -0000
If not 1 point per domestic, why not 1 point for every 5 or 10 domestics so, while it's not as beneficial to work your own country, you at least get something at the end of the day? -- Paul VO1HE __
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:20:20 -0000
I was surprised that not that many missed NL. I think there were 3 of us on so we were pretty well represented compared to other sections. I did S&P exclusively but VO1TA and VO1HP ran at times. If a
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 22:59:08 -0000
Hi Ward et al, To me, a request for the spotting of a section is not soliciting a contact. Soliciting a contact would be me asking you to be on freq X at time Y. Asking for the spotting of a section
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 19:36:33 -0000
Frankly, it doesn't matter to me as long as it's understandable. Shouldn't Chase Volkswagens, Sexy Vixen or Sammy Joins Voluntarily just don't cut it unless you're 40 over on a quiet band. It's not t
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:24:27 -0000
Yeah, I was licenced in 1990 so everyone got (--. --). In retrospect, I could have used cut numbers but think of the confusion that may have caused: W9WI NR 101 U VO1HE NT NL I could be 2 rare sectio
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:25:34 -0000
Both or either I think. 73 -- Paul VO1HE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:35:10 -0000
You'd think so but, alas, I worked many N2 stations in WA and W6 Stations in MDC. W1VE was in KY. I don't know how many different prefixes numbers I got from Florida. Because there is no absolute rel
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:42:16 -0000
Why do people use amplifiers? Why do people use stacked beams? Why do people use 2 radios? The advantage! In my opinion, the cluster is not a crutch but a tool, like any other tool, used to give an a
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:41:44 -0000
I agree. Furthermore, there should be some unique morsel of traffic, perhaps a unique, non-sequential serial number or something like that, in contest exchanges that could not be predicted or known b
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:13:48 -0000
That's another way of looking at it HI. 73 -- Paul VO1HE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo