Unfortunate political decision from CQ Contest Committee. Like UA9CDC so well expressed, this decision resembles Soviet Union policy of prohibiting Amateur Radio Communication between former USSR and
Fully agree with Hans intelligent reflections. In WRTC 2014, hams from all over the world gathered and enjoyed the full independence from international politics. Friendship connections were establish
In the current situation, the proposal presented by Tonno and others is probably the best comprise we can achieve right now. There is a risk that both Ukrainian and Russian hams with too much politic
My full respect and appreciation to CQ, the CQWW CC for reconsidering the initial decision now again allowing all international Ham Radio Contesting community participate in the greatest of all conte
Bad development indeed for contesting.... If I was ARRL member I would not only raise my voice... I would SHOUT LOUDLY!!! 73 de RM2D, Mats _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
Martin, Most of your points are valid, but the better contester is the one that does ALL his contesting without any dependence on cluster, RBN or similar tools. I work equally often SOAB and SOAB(A).
Hi Martin, Anyone sitting in front of a radio for 48 hours does a great job and should be rightfully admired. If the person also have some health issues, such an operation is even more impressive. I
Dave, While I do argue with the 2018 organizers on the Assistsd/Non Assisted issue, I fully support the decision to elevate WAE and RDXC to the same level and CQWW and CQ WPX. Why? Simply becuase tho
Steve, Working from different hard spots of the world is nothing new to me. I have a good imagination and a fairly good understanding of propagation, so no need to make it sound my imagination is not
Anyone is free to decide which contest to operate or not. Just keep in mind that the type of mistake you describe, statistically will hit most participants equally. If I work 2000 contacts in RDXC an
John, You ever heard about Reverse Beacon Network or Clusters??? In the new "modern" era of contesting.... own skills are not necessarily promoted so why bother to develop excellent code skills when
Luis, We never discussed QTH in this thread. That issue has been covered in endless discussuons. Latest with reference to WRTC 2014 operation sites. My comments refer to the fact that contesting comm
Hank, In some way a relevant question, in another way a bit questionable. QTC exchange is a true indicator of operator skills. Use of Assisted technique does not automatically ring a bell to me as so
I fully support Paul's view, summarized by his conclusion that the unanimous response is poorly thought through. Assisted is now baked together in one big fluffy cake with Unassisted to "simplify the
ARRL used to be an exciting contest when US casual activity was higher and conditions better to Europe (I do not mean EI, F and G). We talk back in 1980 and 1990. Nowdays, the casual activity from th
Jim, That motivation is fully logical and is worth to be considered by the German organizers. 73 de Mats RM2D _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contes
Reasonable and well balanced comments in general Ed. However, I tend to question the second part regarding "Learn to use the cluster and effectively manage the balance between running for rate and ch
Jim, We are 30 years apart, but our views are so similar. I started my contesting career with a straight key and a number of copied ARRL DX Log Sheets and a pen. Next year, the key was replaced with
Fully support your opinion. It has become ridiculous, and it's getting worse. We can also debate if it is time to omit 599 as such. Reports in contesting and DX-ing don't matter anymore. I know comme
Same reflection Dave... Thanks for making it clear again :) We will see if Chris confirms that interpretation of the rules. 73 de Mats RM2D _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest