See http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/tags.html I believe you want the following in the Cabrillo header: CALLSIGN: N1L OPERATORS: N8XX @W8LRC Tor N4OGW -- On Mon, 2/7/11, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert@
One idea to deal with "entry category shopping": have the contest sponsor automatically enter each submitted log in every category it was eligible for (based on number of operators, allowable power,
That is not the point: of course distance-based scoring would not be perfectly fair, but it is very hard to argue that it is "no fairer" than doing nothing. I'd like to see the scoring system for the
For 50% of the operators at WRTC the only qualification needed is to be a friend of a team leader...no SO2R required :) Tor N4OGW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing li
If the holiday is such a big deal for WPX CW, then why isn't Thanksgiving a problem for CQWW CW? Thanksgiving is a much bigger holiday in the USA than Memorial Day, and many (like me) are usually dri
I use center-off toggle switches for mine (2 yagi stacks). Center is stack, other positions are top or bottom. Cheap and easy to use. Wiring is easy- I don't remember the specifics, but I think I nee
That is not a problem. Contest rules do not require any specific method of keeping a log during a contest, just the format for entries (usually Cabrillo). So those extra notes on paper are part of yo
In a contest situation once such a lid has started up, it sometime also works to go narrow on the lid :) Point a gain antenna #1 at the lid during transmit, and receive on another antenna #2 pointed
It is also worth pointing out (again) that there is a BIG difference between allowing only "local" skimmers at one's own station, and allowing connection to a worldwide network of other people's skim
I am curious how zone checking is done for the IARU contest- there qso's with the "incorrect" zone ARE removed from you log. Often casual contest participants don't know their IARU zone or send their
Have you checked your signal for key clicks and have you done the FT-1000 key click mods? If not, then that might be the reason. Tor N4OGW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
Some people send out bureau cards for ALL contacts in a contest, just because this is easier than individually answering bureau cards later on (although as pointed out, this approach takes $$$ if you
And a JA variant: http://www.google.co.jp/ime/-.-.html Tor N4OGW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/
Yes, I think that is against the rules. If your frequency turns out to be busy, what keeps you from "accidentally" copying the call of the station there? So I am going up the band doing S&P and hear
"assistance" is usually defined as not just "locating, identifying and working stations", but any time other people help to contribute to your score. Using this kind of outside assistance to get a be
Be careful what you wish for. In some contests (like the Sprint), being a "rare" state is a distinct disadvantage. If you are the only DC station on, everyone else will have one more mult at the end
This is ridiculous- you can't have special rules that only apply to people who "think they will do well". The rules of the contest have to apply to everyone equally. If you do, the side effect is tha
My contest logging program SO2SDR should theoretically compile on a Mac. I don't have a Mac so I have never been able to try it. You can of course run it under Linux, which is what I do. If any Mac d
Living in a state with very few contest operators (especially on CW), pretty much any time I send in even a tiny part-time log I get another certificate for "first place in Mississippi." Some way to
Not quite: the east coast certainly can (and does) win the NAQP during August. In general, summer favors eastern stations, and winter western stations for North American domestic contests. There is