There is no wriggle room. So long as you accept a modern definition of PEP, it's clear that max, average, RMS and PEP are identical for all practical purposes. The definition for PEP over here is "th
SD supports this contest. It runs on any Windows PC and is free from www.ei5di.com/sd/sdsetup.exe Select SD's "Hungarian DX" template. After the contest, use SDCHECK to prepare your .LOG file in Cabr
I understand Igor's concern. However, that website already specifies enough "official" Cabrillo templates to accommodate almost any contest, and HADX is no exception. My software supports nearly 80 c
I've updated SD for the EU Sprint 2006. V12.16 runs on any Windows PC and is free from www.ei5di.com/sd/sdsetup.exe. In particular, SD now supports ESM in both Run and S&P modes for the CW event, an
SD V13.01 supports both sides of the 7QP, on the 6 HF bands, with correct scoring and multiplier identification. SD runs on any Windows PC, and is free from www.ei5di.com/sd/sdsetup.exe. If you've no
For what it's worth, when I was asked to update SD to support 7QP, I replied with the following question. Is it OK for 7-area stations to record only the state from other 7-area stations, or must th
HP makes your signal louder. Any operator, regardless of ability or experience is likely to better with a louder signal. It's self-evident that HP is an advantage. This is a "hardware issue". It's se
Firstly, my congratulations to Fabian DJ1YFK for a fine (and timely) piece of work. There will probably be a deafening silence on this thread because Fabian has made many people uneasy. Now they know
For information, SD is a Windows program supporting bit-mapped parallel-port i/o. It runs in text mode under any version of Windows, but will not run in a "DOS window" or on a DOS-only PC. SD is comp
Mike is right. Almost every station component or accessory, whether hardware or software, represents assistance of some kind or other. But not all assistance is equal. The difficulty is to define a c
. . . Here's some hard stuff not covered by the rules. 1. My buddy calls on 10m to tell me the band is open to the Pacific - no spots, just general advice. I turn the beam and, sure enough, pick up a
. It has been confirmed that CQ's checking software does not check RST. You have to send RST because it's in the CQWW rules :-) Time to update the rules? 73, Paul EI5DI ______________________________
I say No - you're multi-op. It could then be argued that if you're more than 500 metres from the other station you should be DQd. However, some others will say Yes, on the grounds that what you've do
I agree with Dave G4BUO that there's a fundamental difference between SO and SO-Assisted entry classes, and I have no inclination to support contests which do not recognise this. Yes, I suggested "Si
Because it's external assistance from other individuals. No, it's not. As G4BUO says "the critical point that separates it from all the other 'technology' is that the help is coming from other indivi
I would maintain that it is self-evident that, when an individual gets real-time spotting help from other individuals, there is potential for him/her to work more multipliers, or high-point QSOs, tha
This is a short reply to a long post :-) There is only one change. As G4BUO says, and how often must it be repeated? - "the critical point that separates it (spotting assistance) from all the other '
Yes and No! The ARRL General Rules say "All callsigns and exchange information must be sent, received, acknowledged and logged correctly by each station for a complete QSO". However, the CQWW DX rule
SD was first distributed in 1990. It has been a Windows-only package since 2004. 73, Paul EI5DI _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:
It's not a bust. The reality is that, in ARRL (and CQ) HF contests, all that matters is that your Cabrillo QSO records show valid reports, regardless of the actual reports (if any) that were sent or