be able to access your results and then print your own certificate from the contest sponsors website for those that are eligible. Bruce Horn WA7BNM has developed something like this for the NAQP. I
Sponsors should clearly state in the contest rules that participants can see the results ONLY if they pay for them! Sponsors that don't do not make this clear in the rules are doing a disservice to
For some real world insight into what logging software the general contesting community prefers to use see the result to 108th survey question at contesting.com http://www.contesting.com/survey/108
Hmmmm - MAR is not a province. Might as well remedy that mistake at the same time :) Surely it won't change the character of the SPRINT contest to have more North American multipliers. Sylvan Katz -
What is the title of the Feb 04 QST article and who was the author? tnx Syl - VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on profess
Both! Age! Sylvan Katz - VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jame
The question concerning a 24 hour category arises almost every year. You might what to have a look at a survey that was carried out on contesting.com that explored the idea of a 24 hour category in t
If you are interested in participating in a discussion group about how to set up a 24 hour category within in the ARRL DX and CQWW contest send me your email address. If there is enough interest than
I am interested in hearing good and bad comments about using an Icom 706 with another Icom rig in a SO2R configuration. tnx Sylvan Katz - VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK -- The world's top contesters battle it o
I am in complete agreement with David. In addition to the excellent points he makes there is another advantage to having logs in XML. Anyone can add new data to an XML log at any time without dilutin
For a general discussion about XML and relational databases http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/06/20/databases.html See for MS Access specific details http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/l
Jose, Using your data I calculate that the average run rate before a spot was 176 Q/hr and after a spot the average rate was 205 Q/hr. Your data suggests that spots increased the average rate by 29 Q
Randy Any modern browser - IE6 for example - can be used to open a XML file and scan an XML file by eye. It even has neat features like being able to collapse/expand parts of the XML tree. I use IE t
Joe, Modern browsers can view 'any' XML document - even if a style sheet is not associated with it. It would be no more difficult to view a raw XML log than it would be to examine a Cabrillo log in,
The LotW is a tool for providing awards to hobbyist. It does not have the same security requirements as a banking system. Sooner or later I expect the ARRL will realize that it should relax its verif
I recently purchased a used HyGain 14AVQ vertical; however, the top hat is broken. The manual does not give the length of the top hat elements. Does anyone know the length of the elements? tnx Sylvan
Anyone know where the 2003 CQ WW SSB results are posted? They don't seem to be publicly available at CQ Magazine's home page. Sylvan Katz - VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK _______________________________________
I am using EA4TX (www.ea4tx.com) rotator controller. It appears that RF is getting into the parallel port that used to interface the PC to the controller. What is the best way to RF proof a parallel
[SNIP] May be arguments such as these impede the evolution of contesting and should be laid to rest. It has not been demonstated that log analysis, historical or real-time, can reveal contest secret
Pete, those numbers are very interesting! They correlate closely with the results from the June, 2004 contesting.com survey http://www.contesting.com/survey/108. Here is a table that compares your f