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1. Re: [CQ-Contest] Station Inspections->Hijacked Thread (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:13:14 -0500; Hi Marty, None of what you say below means that any contester is banned from objecting to rules. Dave is exercising his right, as protected by your First Amendment, to state his opinion. You equally; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-08/msg00270.html (16,689 bytes)
2. Re: [CQ-Contest] Self spotting rationale (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:54:58 -0500; The no-spotting rule, IIRC, stemmed from the rule, that, since time began (in contesting, at least), says you cannot use non-amateur means to solicit QSOs. Using the Internet to place your own spots; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-07/msg00269.html (10,688 bytes)
3. Re: [CQ-Contest] 2008 CQWW 6W1RY (score: 1): Author: "Kelly Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:43:20 -0500; Hi Albert, I can certainly understand your frustration. Sounds to me that if he was DQ, neither you nor anybody else deserved the D4C multiplier anyway. As to the penalty, if you're not in the log, y; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-07/msg00220.html (9,310 bytes)
4. Re: [CQ-Contest] Xtreme category, catch 22 (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:27:36 -0500; Is it possible we're putting the cart -- or perhaps the manure -- in front of the horse? It seems to me that the Xtreme category is, at least initially, not going to fill to the extent the doomsayers; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-06/msg00214.html (11,193 bytes)
5. Re: [CQ-Contest] Band plans (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 13:28:40 -0500; These days, few countries regulate modes by frequency. Canadian amateurs can use any frequency on 40 for any mode. Band plans are not regulatory issues and most such band plans specifically state tha; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-06/msg00096.html (9,430 bytes)
6. Re: [CQ-Contest] 7040 as lower limit (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 06:47:35 -0500; Hi all, Seems to me that quoting the IARU bandplan doesn't answer Doug's question, which was about which countries specify 7040 as a lower limit in law. The WPX rule says "strongly encouraged", but d; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-06/msg00065.html (10,558 bytes)
7. Re: [CQ-Contest] License (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:26:49 -0500; Hi, Should this really come as a surprise? The rules do state that you agree that you have operated in accordance with the rules of the licensing authority that has jurisdiction, which in this case i; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-06/msg00041.html (8,678 bytes)
8. [CQ-Contest] be careful what you wish for (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:23:52 -0500; To those who are demanding a literal interpretation of the rule regarding the check in SS: be careful what you wish for, you may get it. Consider this IS a rule that governs ARRL contests: 3. General; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-04/msg00209.html (8,404 bytes)
9. Re: [CQ-Contest] Pessimism (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 07:33:01 -0500; Hi David, It is a common mistake of new operators to assume that the conditions they experience are shared by everyone else. In K2-land, you are blessed with conditions that aren't as drastically aff; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-04/msg00182.html (10,883 bytes)
10. Re: [CQ-Contest] Sweepstakes -Automatic Fill - 93 or 67 (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 22:01:45 -0500; Hi all, The world does not need more rules, and this rule does not need to be clarified. There are many reasons that the check or section associated with a particular callsign may not be stable from; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-04/msg00171.html (10,729 bytes)
11. Re: [CQ-Contest] ETHICS (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:12:27 -0500; The problem becomes, however, when it's not clear cut: I am absolutely NOT going to interrogate any US ham that calls me between 14150 and 14200 to be sure they are extra class. Nor am I going to stu; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-04/msg00067.html (11,470 bytes)
12. Re: [CQ-Contest] Do all contest participants need to follow the rules? (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:46:24 -0500; I think Mike is on-target. To me, the question this raises is: Does the existence of a contest grant to sponsors the right to control the behaviour of everybody on the band? To me, the answer is abso; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-03/msg00311.html (10,515 bytes)
13. Re: [CQ-Contest] Russian DX Contest Log Checking (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:09:35 -0500; Hi Mark, While it is something that has not, as far as I know, been adhered to as a standard, a look at the ARRL rules, at least, shows that a QSO only takes place when the callsigns and exchange inf; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-03/msg00176.html (12,138 bytes)
14. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1): Author: <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:34:24 -0600; Hi all, I have some specific responses to Mike's question below: No. Sponsors want to receive as many logs as they can, from hard-core contesters AND casual contesters alike. Contests don't exist for; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00102.html (15,002 bytes)
15. Re: [CQ-Contest] [Re: CQWW CW & 6Y1V Logs] (score: 1): Author: <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:19:16 -0600; What if you held a protest and nobody knew? For any protest to have effect, there must be public knowledge of it or it gets swept under the rug. The whole point of a protest is to make a spectacle of; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-01/msg00286.html (9,051 bytes)
16. Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW CW & 6Y1V Logs (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:23:21 -0600; Since you aren't bound by any rules unless you enter, you can't be DQ'd if you don't enter. Arguing for the preservation of the presumption of innocence is not tantamount to being guilty, either. Cho; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-01/msg00280.html (14,535 bytes)
17. Re: [CQ-Contest] RDXC web site (score: 1): Author: <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:57:14 -0600; If this is something that makes someone "really angry," I'd suggest a little perspective is in order. I try not to let anything with ham radio affect my blood pressure. A hobby isn't worth it. 73, ke; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-01/msg00180.html (8,793 bytes)
18. Re: [CQ-Contest] Public Logs (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:47:48 -0600; My two cents: While I wouldn't like to see all contests make logs public, any more than I would want to see all contests adopt SS-like exchanges or all contests adopt QTCs or QSY rules or any of the; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-12/msg00531.html (11,572 bytes)
19. [CQ-Contest] contesting amps (score: 1): Author: "Kelly Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:45:59 -0600; Hi all, Considering an amp to replace my homebrew 4-400s. I'd like something durable, not necessarily a California kilowatt and self-contained (no external HV PS). The more portable, the better. I ge; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-12/msg00437.html (7,013 bytes)
20. Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ contests results (score: 1): Author: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>; Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:04:11 -0600; logs, software to cross check and verify all data and calculate or recalculate the scores of all logs received. Why we still have to wait eleven months to know the definitive results? Because, comput; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-12/msg00370.html (10,001 bytes)

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