Contesters, The ARRL CAC welcomes your input. Contact your CAC Representative to make your voice heard. The discussion is looking at possible changes to the ARRL DX Exchange. Possibilities include: 1
Lew, Perhaps, as CAC chairman, you know why this is being looked into at all. Aside from the never-ending arguments here on the contest reflector, what's driving this ? I would suggest that more effo
Lew - Please don't require portable designators. The FCC doesn't, so why should ARRL?! It would be a disadvantage for those of us who kept an old call after moving to another call area. And, might st
See below: Since the FCC no longer requires us to change call signs when we move, making USA call areas moot under the law, even though I have a K2 call in North Carolina, I am NOT portable. The lega
I tried several years ago to propose a change to Field Day, was told after 2 year it would be considered with other Field Day changes and never heard of any CAC member that was told of the proposal.
Distance-based scoring would make the contest a lot more interesting and a lot more fair for stations who are in a geographicallychallenged location. I presume the current scoring system of qso's x c
Sorry Barry, but if the multipliers are states and the state you are in is not reflected in the call area number in your call, I support the requirement that you sign portable. That's the price you p
Hey gang, Do you know how complicated distance scoring could be...that 160 meter contest with grid squares is so complex you send in the Q's and the contest committee computes the score...and no pape
Gerry - Obviously, I disagree. As someone else stated, I am not portable. I am at my fixed, permanent location. The FCC eliminated call areas. There is no such thing any more. The number in your call
I agree 100% with the comments by W2UP. To penalize those with valid FCC call signs (in the same DXCC country) and add two characters onto their call in the ARRL DX Contest will be punitive. Drop tha
In the I-can-be-as-stupid-as-you category... If you require me to sign portable, I won't. But I will send my state as Texas (or even better, Mississippi) so that it will reflect my call sign. Want to
Do you know how complicated distance scoring could be...that 160 meter contest with grid squares is so complex you send in the Q's and the contest committee computes the score...and no paper logs all
Contesters, The ARRL CAC welcomes your input. Contact your CAC Representative to make your voice heard. The discussion is looking at possible changes to the ARRL DX Exchange. Possibilities include: 1
Lew, Perhaps, as CAC chairman, you know why this is being looked into at all. Aside from the never-ending arguments here on the contest reflector, what's driving this ? I would suggest that more effo
Lew - Please don't require portable designators. The FCC doesn't, so why should ARRL?! It would be a disadvantage for those of us who kept an old call after moving to another call area. And, might st
See below: Since the FCC no longer requires us to change call signs when we move, making USA call areas moot under the law, even though I have a K2 call in North Carolina, I am NOT portable. The lega
I tried several years ago to propose a change to Field Day, was told after 2 year it would be considered with other Field Day changes and never heard of any CAC member that was told of the proposal.
Distance-based scoring would make the contest a lot more interesting and a lot more fair for stations who are in a geographicallychallenged location. I presume the current scoring system of qso's x c
Sorry Barry, but if the multipliers are states and the state you are in is not reflected in the call area number in your call, I support the requirement that you sign portable. That's the price you p
Hey gang, Do you know how complicated distance scoring could be...that 160 meter contest with grid squares is so complex you send in the Q's and the contest committee computes the score...and no pape