I don't understand your point. The power boat versus sailboat analogy is a good one for illustrating the technology differences, but it falls apart when people start worrying about simultaneous compe
Nicely written, Kelly. I think the "contest" in radiosport has always been a combination of trying to see who has the best operating skills and who has the best technology. Operating skills include t
How would you even know whether you were working a robot or not (assuming it was properly implemented)? And if you can't tell the difference, why would you care (assuming you were in a separate entry
So ... when will you be taking down your yagis and putting up a ground-mounted multi-band vertical? Or trading in your current rig for a TS-520? Or going back to paper logging? Or going back to a str
You missed my point. I responded to your emphatic agreement with SM2CEW, who stated "In my eyes, yes you are less of an operator when using the RBN/cluster technology." It may be easier to find a con
I always love reading this report, and I'm curious what kind of result it has. I'm sure it goes a long way toward encouraging good behavior among those who know it exists, but I wonder if the contest
Hi, Pete. I don't think there is any kind of formal limit in HFTA. The terrain slopes rapidly down eastward from my QTH at roughly 15% for about a half mile, maybe 8-10% after that for a couple of mi
That is not an accurate statement. CW Skimmer in and of itself is not illegal to use in either ARRL or CQ contests. 1. CW Skimmer has a "blind" mode where wide band signals can be displayed without a
It appears that EI8IC waded through that swamp several years ago, with the general conclusion that ITU zones for ham radio purposes are whatever the contest sponsor says they are. http://lists.contes
I think you may be missing the point. Young people today don't find basic operating for ham radio particularly enticing, so pushing them to work on those skills first isn't likely to be much of a rec
I also like the "distributed multi-multi" concept, and my first reaction to the problem was also simply to give zero points for same country QSOs, even though it would of course be to the detriment o
The really odd thing to me is that they've been getting hammered on that subject on the reflectors and on eHam forums for a couple of years or more and they even published a reply somewhere about a y
I don't believe that the precise ITU zone borders are what the contest sponsors expect you to use. If they were, I would be in zone 10, not zone 6. Besides, how could anyone actually know what zone t
First off, I was wrong (also rather rude) to criticize Joe for not sending the "normal" zone for Wisconsin and I apologize for that. I didn't realize it then, but there are several instances where IT
For many years I used to put in a lot of long distance air travel to Asia and often got small clots in the shallow veins in my leg. While not as dangerous as the DVT stuff, they were VERY painful for
Yes, I just recently got a reply from KX9X saying he added that back to the official contest rules. I'd like to offer my public thanks to him for being so responsive. 73, Dave AB7E __________________
I just thought I'd volunteer a couple of plaudits regarding the WRTC event. I wasn't able to put in any kind of significant effort in the contest this year due to the arrival of the summer monsoon th
I'm sympathetic to this issue and I found the per-game exhortations from UA9BA to be distasteful, but I don't think that it is practical or even desirable to try to filter WRTC spots. a. I could easi
Disclaimer: I almost never operate assisted (in any manner) during a contest. That being said, it beats the heck out of me why so many people seem to think that change is inherently bad, and that any
That sort of revisits a notion that K1TTT raised a few days ago .... could there be competitive strategies in the arsenal of today's contesters that would result in them being spotted more often and