First, the 2017 ARRL DX CW contest results are posted on the ARRL web site. Next, it never ceases to amaze me how a) some people don't bother listening to the exchange and go with prefills, and b) so
Every time I check the log check report for ARRL DX and ARRL 10, I find that some people are likely using WAS databases to prefill. "DC" doesn't sound like "MD" in CW or phone! Oh well, their loss of
I moved from Chicago to Santa Cruz in 2006 -- my last operation from Chicago was 2005. yet I'm STILL getting busts for a QTH of IL! 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Con
It never ceases to amaze me that some people don't know geography and prefixes. Two stations have my QTH as NS instead of NH. The callsign N1IX cannot be in NS! Dave N1IX First, the 2017 ARRL DX CW c
...I have a modicum of sympathy for those who bust it. Of course they should have listened, but, being an old fart, I still get mildly annoyed when the "KH6" I hear is in Montana or the "W6" is in Fl
Hi Dave. How about that - for knowing geography, prefixes and propagation? Why bother with all of this if you can just point and click? ** Stations Copying 6Y2T Incorrectly ** 14012 CW 2017-02-18 00
Dave, EXACTLY ! Likewise, VE9 is ALWAYS, 100% of the time New Brunswick. (NB) and by default, Zone 5 or Zone 9 depending on which contest you're in. Gets busted every single contest. It's a "gimme".
Maybe 6Y2T could QRS just a tiny bit? 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington -- via iPad _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.cont
IF 6Y2T can copy all rx'd signals at that speed, then he best not be asking for ANY fills. OR at least attempt to match the rx signal speed. IF HST is the goal. the machine generated, and machine cop
Or, so now that's a problem! How QRS should it be, Scott? Any hints? I guess I should've QRS'ed only "6", right? Seems no big problem with other letters. And how would that prevent people from sendin
The ARRL DX Contest rules require that the callsign must identify the station's location as defined by the DXCC country list so a KH6 in Montana is not valid although it still unfortunately happens.
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:55:14 -0400
Speaking of copying errors in ARRL DX CW, on 40 meters I miscopied HA5PP as HA5PL, while HA5PP copied me as being in Ohio, not in Florida where I actually was. Do two wrongs make a right in exchange/
YES! Garry, NI6T, has allowed our CQP group to use his call several times. We don't send his call at the speed of light. Our club call is W6BX. I insert half spaces in both calls to make it easier to
Author: jpescatore--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 05:54:38 -0400
Barry - I've been operating first K4VV and now W4AAW remotely from Maryland for a couple of years now and been seeing the pre-fill over-reliance the entire time. The biggest is probably Sweepstakes,
My KZ5MM was frequently copied as "K6HMM," half spaces around the "Z" helps! Chuck W5PR/KZ5MM _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://
Author: Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:45:40 -0400
People have a lot of trouble distinguishing a "6" from a "B". It happens with my call all the time: AB1J becomes A61J. It's not just a matter of CW speed, as I seldom send over 25 wpm. The fog of con
Sorry Jim. "Two wrongs don't make a right. But three do." Ron Notarius W3WN wn3vaw@verizon.net Speaking of copying errors in ARRL DX CW, on 40 meters I miscopied HA5PP as HA5PL, while HA5PP copied me
Let's keep the government regulators out of contesting please :-) If a station chooses to send his or her call at 50 wpm or ID once per hour it's their own strategy. They do whatever they think it wo
It's a contest. If you called me, I'm presuming that you can copy me. -- 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Con
I used to have the same problem with my old call (KB9BIB). The LCRs usually have a long list of guys that have logged it wrong, in one way or another. It became such a problem, I changed the call. It