Good to see the committee is finally taking actions. But sad to see no one got DQ'ed for having too wide a signal. :-( Obviously reporting them with exact times and frequencies is not enough to check
<snip> I asked this question already before but will gladly repeat it: What is needed for the contest committee to take actions on too wide signals? The CQWW committee took the initiative, some thre
CW - width greater than 500Hz at 40db down SSB - width greater than 6kHz at 40db down Having studied this matter for a while, and having done some measurements of my own, I'll throw these thoughts on
Totally this. A few years ago I was operating in the winter NAQP SSB contest when I tuned across a running K9 station while I was looking for a run frequency. The guy was about S9+10 and totally unre
Hello James, If I feel like getting on the air for a few hours of contesting (unlikely to happen these days) I usually play Unassisted but I stay connected to the local cluster although I keep the sp
It is so far assisted as the spotting might keep you from qsy to another band which were probably your intention in that minute. 73 Peter Hello James, If I feel like getting on the air for a few hour
Two reasons to not unplug, off the top of my head: 1. Real time propagation and solar weather. A and K indices, flares, etc. 2. Real time local weather. Thunderstorms etc. 73 jeff wk6i -- Jeff Stai ~
Hello Peter, -- 2. QSO alerting assistance: The use of any technology or other source that provides call sign or multiplier identification along with frequency information to the operator. -- When my
Your logging program only tells you that because you are somehow connected to a 'QSO alerting assistance'. The example below might prove you did not cheat, it does prove that somehow you have put you
If you know you are being spotted, this is a big advantage to you. It informs whether you are being spotted by many people or just a few , and also as to what part of the world is actually hearing
provides call sign or multiplier identification along with frequency information to the operator. me so I am confident I am not >> cheating if I claim Unassisted. The way I read the rule is a bit di
Hello KU7Y, Let me stretch it some more. I am waiting for that elusive new one and I am willing to stop my contesting effort for as long as it takes to work one of the last DXCC entities I need which
Hi Steve, I agree with what you say in that 17m example.... until you get to the last line. Here is why I disagree about checking your own callsign on something like the RBN during a contest. If you
Hello KU7Y, I have never mentioned the RBN network, I was talking about being connected to my local cluster which has only spots made by real people with the W3LPL "heard here and there" as the only