Rick, NQ4I wrote: ....do you think its fair for my station to respond to the I think it goes with the territory of being one of the world's premiere contest stations. He who casts the widest net catc
Disallowing same-country Qs will only have the effect of telling we who already know better. Allowing one point per same-country Q creates another ho-hum domestic contest. The average zeropointer in
To me, the truth lies somewhere between Joe's and Ron's viewpoints. Joe isn't advocating trampling on anybody, merely saying that an open frequency is by definition, open. If nobody's using it, why c
Chris wrote:>I have a couple questions for those experienced running CW pile-ups: Pausing to let the pileup gain steam again is asking for it to grow out of control, especially if you're rare. Sendin
c) Band plans Question 1: I heard W1AW working Europe on 40 phone, listening on 7010 kHz. Isn't that in violation of the Region I band plan? Question 2: The ARRL Web site shows 7.040 MHz as the inte
I think Jack and Bob are both incorrect on this one but the only authority on this hasn't been consulted: Mal, when you get the only answer that counts -- the one from the League -- do let us know. 7
It's too bad so many stations missed VE4, particularly with the strings of unanswered CQs I made on clear frequencies on 15, 20 and 40. Good thing my kids both had hockey. At least I had something to
The extent to which you're being robbed depends to a great extent on how full your weekend was. It seems to me that in SSCW , any rate less than about 72 an hour means you have lots of time to send y
Let's please let the "thou shalt only send the correct check" thread die, please. It's just so totally NOT important. 73, kelly ve4xt -- Original Message -- From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz@prairienet.org> T
If we're going to make a big deal about what check is sent, then we should find a way to verify signal strength really is 599 in other contests, no? After all, the rules do say RST and not some phony
HI Paul, I think the crux of Doug's question centres around the fact that packet is NOT an advantage, given K1TTT's analysis of SO and SO-distracted scores and how badly the SO-distracted guys get be
Can we please stop pickin' the pepper on this? We've heard from the ONLY entity whose opinion matters: the contest sponsor. The contest sponsor's interpretation of the rule is that you pick a check a
Funny thing is I'm usually in agreement with most of what Rick posts, but... 1. Don't convince us. We don't write the rules. Convince the ARRL. 2. Check: why does it make the slightest bit difference
Without prejudice to no one, I offer the following thoughts on band plans from the very ARRL whose rules Mal is basing his argument upon: You'll note that it comes down very clearly in favour of 'rea
messaging and boards among the club members. Um, no, let's not. 73, kelly ve4xt _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesti
contesters for everything. Name me some other activity that gives you a chance to work DXCC or WAS in one weekend or put a dent in your effort to work all the US counties. Sure there is the QRM to d
Let's consider facts, not speculation, for a moment, shall we? Randy has made NO EFFORT to hide his use of streaming. He's advertised it here every time he's done it. This reflector is watched by the
Isn't this just an extension of the "If your wife brings you a sandwich, you better enter as assisted" argument? I see nowhere in the rules is there a prohibition on accessing propagation information
Hi Dave, Thanks for the opinion. There's certainly enough opinions out there, and certainly yours carries more weight than most. But... Where in the rules does it specifically include propagation int
Hi all, So I don't say this to contradict anything Ron's saying, because he's right, there are contests which have rules prohibiting this practice. My question is why? Whose interests are protected b