Why all this complaining I wonder? We have stations griping about how it's not "fair" and how people have "too many advantages." Guess what - life is not fair!!! In sports the bigger, stronger, faste
It would be nice if he TB-WIRES overlay existed for CQWW as it does for WPX. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.
I kind of hear that but I have a different take. Some have taken to creative means to "solve" that problem. We have one 5 area station who remotes to NY, and even one NY station is remoting to Maine
When I worked with the NYC marathon, the elites got their own start times and separate categories essentially. These are top class runners that will basically blow away most others. For a general com
CQWW did have an extreme category which allowed things like remote receivers and other "innovative" ideas. It died due to lack of interest. I wonder if anyone who was considering it would probably ex
That's a good question. Since field day is full of noobs and low power operation is common I would say that PSK31 is popular. When I did field day with a club, they did a lot of PSK31. ______________
There were indoor restrooms and also porta potties. Porta potties were plentiful and mostly used by men because the women's restrooms really didn't have a line. It's funny because it's usually the op
Hi Bill, The 6500 is a discontinued model. It is replaced by the 6600. The 6600 will do SO2R in a single box and has the new preselectors with 50dB of isolation between SCUs (an SCU is a flex term fo
Hi Chuck, The new 6600 (announced @Xenia) will also do SO2R as well. It also has 50dB preselectors so less reliance on bandpass filters to filter out nearby strong signals. The key is that it has two
If you want serious coverage anywhere outside of large cities, then you shouldn't look to T-Mobile or Sprint. Verizon and AT&T have the most coverage and the most reliable coverage. I had no problems
The knobs vs mouse click is an operator thing. I personally found knobbed radios to be a hindrance. There are some doing remote contesting without any physical radio near them. N1MM+ does most of my
It's not always true but it is *mostly* true. Especially in the North East, and generally East-ish (I guess Ohio is sorta the midwest but more East). T-Mobile and Sprint simply do not have the amount
The major carriers all have wifi calling now, at least on iPhones. Some androids have it as well. Ria N2RJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin
Hi Peter, I asked this very question of ARRL regulatory and they said that CEPT only applies to "boots on the ground" operations, meaning you have to actually be physically present here. Furthermore,
There is really nothing wrong with trying to gain an advantage during a contest. That's what contesting is. As long as it is within the rules. Operating from elsewhere to do better in contests has b
Hello Bob, You are incorrect about this one. The terms of the home license do also apply. The relevant regulation is 97.107 (b), particularly (1) and (2) 97.107: ... The privileges granted to a contr
Online scoreboards are most useful when everyone, or at least high scoring stations use them. Otherwise you can have someone come out of nowhere and totally trounce your score. I used to use getscore
There should be clarification on this, so we know what is legal operation and what is not. I have from ARRL but they are not the FCC. But they do sponsor contests and have the FCC's ear. Either way i
Part 97 also plainly states that the agreement also applies. 97.107: The privileges granted to a control operator <https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/index.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&d
What's even worse is that he claims there is nothing about operator privileges when part 97 clearly states that the *OPERATING* terms and conditions of the alien's license must also be followed. In m