What is it about the ARRL 160 that brings out the dupes? My personal experience is that the number of dupes is much, much worse than any other contest. Several years ago I had a guy in 2 land call me
I'm sure glad I'm only a mere "particiant" and not a "competitor" so I don't have to worry about any of this stuff. 73 Steve K0SR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing li
If W5WMU is operating legally under the rules of the FCC, and he decides to make short contacts with people where he exhanges names and states, why is he obligated to follow the rules of some contest
They all do it differently; there are no hard-and-fast rules. That's why the best tip is to listen, and listen some more. Figure out what the guy is doing before you transmit. SR Do any of the DX Uni
OK, maybe not all of 1 land is in 1 land. Now imagine you're 1500 miles away from salt water and under the edge of the auroral oval for every contest. Scratch that; you can't begin to imagine how lit
Is Watson a "Competitor" or a "Participant" ? 73 SR Subject: [CQ-Contest] K5ZD vs IBM's Watson> > IBM would never put Watson up against Randy K5ZD.> They wouldn't want it to lose.> > Dennis W1UE> ___
Very sad to hear about this. RIP OM. 73 Steve K0SR I'm sure you'll be hearing more about this, but... I was just notified that one of the most amazing people I've ever known--and a man whose friendsh
The typical skip distance from Minnesota means we work a lot of Florida guys. And Ron was always one of them. Many, many contacts over the years. "Hi Ron" was always answered with "Hi Steve", putting
First, we are considered guilty until proven innocent. Thus the requirement to make an audio recording of the whole contest. I find this onerous. Then we are told it's not a big deal, since most of u
I was under the impression that "DX" meant distance. Therefore a "DX" contest is all about working people who are far away. Instead we have people in Florida working Cuba ("DX") while folks in San Di
Distance based scoring has a fatal flaw.....degree of difficulty is NOT related strictly to distance. Propagation differnces are not limited to a simplistic East/West model. Folks in southern states
For most folks, WRTC is a non-event. It doesn't matter if team leaders are picked by contest clubs or by the current (and deeply flawed) "qualification" process, there are a significant number of exc
Define "Midwest". This speaks to the main reason why the current qualification process is so deeply flawed. The "regions" defined have always been based on population and NOT with any regard (or even
That's quite a list, and I'm honored to be mentioned in that company. Thank you Hans and 73. Steve K0SR My "neighborhood" of contesting and DX'ing friends are guys like NØAT,KØKK, KØTO, KØIR, KØKX, K
I never quite understood how a guy in Florida can work somebody in Cuba, and that's "DX". Meanwhile a QSO between San Diego and Boston is "Domestic". 73 Steve K0SR ___________________________________
If you watched the N3TUQ map this weekend, it was a graphic demonstration of how propagation is all about North/South and not so much about East/West. We (MN) were on the fringe most of the weekend.
Hello Jim, I've had a 55 foot crank up in service for 30 some years. I have a rotor loop at the top of the tower, and from that point the cables simply drop though guides to the ground. Originally th
The crux of the matter of course is what actually constitutes an actiionable "issue". I'd like to see a clear cut example of a discrepancy in a log that would lead to an action by the contest sponsor
Thanks John. That's an excellent example. 73 Steve K0SR Hi Steve,In response to your request for an example: UT5UGRhttp://cqww.com/blog/ut5ugr-log-padding-in-cq-ww/Speaking purely as a private citize
I remember this well. One of the first rare DX stations I ever worked was VS9MF (Present day 8Q7). When I got his card I saw the suffix of his call was the same as his initials, and that was the cool