Mike, Not everybody is using N1MM+ Every contest I run into at least a dozen ops who send their own call sign 3 times in 3 different ways leaving me to guess which one is correct. Two way qso is a re
There are many casual ops in contests who hunt for a new zone/country/island. If instant confirmation by the server would be counted as valid for major awards, this in fact could be additional strong
Interesting the greatest number of own skimmers with Russian speaking respondents. Another interesting question for the next survey would be " Are you sharing your own skimmer spots with others via R
FWIW: An all bands contest with the SP rules would be a lot of fun I think. Has it ever been tried? 73 Steve KL7SB Steve, It happens every year. The contest is called RAEM. The next one is in a few d
Still great difference in latitude and plentitude with most of you correspondents makes you very attractive DX in this contest. 73, Igor UA9CDC\ Thinking about this, I don't think there are any activ
Jim, Your impressions of RAEM coincide to the last detail with my impressions of ARRL from here. The fact that most of the RAEM participants are beaming East or West, where the majority of the partic
1) Two LP on different bands with different antennas - use http://microham.com/contents/en-us/d75.html or http://quad.ru/production/switchSO2R.php The latter has better port isolation. WX0B six pack
This http://qrp.ru/contest/frost/1158-frost-2016-eng is QRP contest (or game) for those who wants to check their RX capabilities and/or how their equipment behaves in extreme temperatures. It only la
Juan, With all my respect, to accuse W3LPL in unfair filtering of RBN spots is the same as accusing some manual spotter (me for example) that he is spotting EA9 but do not spot EA8. I spot I what I c
They do Barry. They do it in contests where it is not prohibited with rules. You have probably missed this presentation by CT1BOH. http://www.qsl.net/ct1boh/2bsiq?cqc 73, Igor UA9CDC 14.03.2017 6:20,
Exactly. Two way QSO only counts when both sides log call signs and exchange correctly. This philosophy has been implemented in most of contests in Russia. Otherwise when I hear that my corresponded
22.10.2017 18:03, Stan via CQ-Contest : Hi all! Unfortunately, I will be away from home during 2017 SSB (half weekend for me) and all of the CW weekend. This year I can only contribute / participate
Mike, Does it mean that you narrow the meaning of self spotting to runners only. Therefore when doing S&P , I hear needed mult and have difficulties to get him, I can send a spot with comment " Turn
Exactly Ria! Things that come easy, go away easy as well. Club stations here in Russia played the major role in attracting new blood. Big contest stations should get newcomers more involved in contes
Could not be beter then that. DL5AXX does excellent job! 73, Igor UA9CDC 11.06.2018 22:45, MARK BAILEY : Something like this? http://wrtc2018.de/index.php/en/competition/selection-policies-2 73, Mar
You are right. The selection process ideally should be changed, especially for countries with several area slots for WRTC. Each area should hold WRTC like contest (or two) during the selection period
Kari, what prevents you from organizing this pre-qualification runs for these 15-20 persons? Here on Urals (UA9) we have about the same number of active contesters and do it every year for the last 1
Yes, this was the first time one could qualify using low power. Notwithstanding you have to have big antenna farm because even in Low power category there were a lot of competitors. And yes, some of
Kari, The situation with decreasing number of active contesters is pretty universal. Anyway organizing local event similar to WRTC is not that difficult. We have started doing it in 1999. Then few ye
I think it needs zone number as location. I personally do not know what SCV is. 73, Igor UA9CDC 15.07.2018 23:25, Jim Brown : I'm trying to upload my log to the WRTC website for log checking, and I g