- 1. [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Beckwith" <n5ot@n5ot.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:14:31 -0600
- Here in my town, since I am frequently driving between 3 and 5am because I go up to my radio station every morning to work DX, I frequently get pulled over. The police in my town say they pull over
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- 2. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Smith <doug@mtbluesky.com>
- Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:48:59 -0700
- Good analogy. And, it's called the "Totality of the Circumstances". Cops need a reason to pull you over but it doesn't take much. Burned out tail light (unsafe equipment), changing lanes without sign
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00075.html (10,384 bytes)
- 3. [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: "Bokverket" <info@bokverket.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 23:34:04 +0100
- Simlar experience: I was driving towards SK0UX / SK0X around 4 am. Our local time is GMT+1, and it's not that fun to start at 1 a.m. so I used to take a "rest at the start" and maybe fire up at 5 a.m
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00087.html (7,490 bytes)
- 4. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Coslo <mjc5@psu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:10:35 -0500
- While logs and police issues might be an interesting if flawed analogy, I just gotta say it..... Guys and gals, we really should ease up the paranoia business. If a log submitted near the deadline da
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00098.html (11,219 bytes)
- 5. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: John Brosnahan -- W0UN <shr@swtexas.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:15:51 -0600
- BTW I agree 100% with Mike. As a teenager I found it challenging to calculate the exact departure time and route in order to drive to my destination and arrive at PRECISELY the appointed minute -- it
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00100.html (12,398 bytes)
- 6. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu@w0mu.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:09:01 -0700
- And this entire conversation started with comments about a number of perennial top finishers sending in late, yes LATE logs. Not logs at the deadline, past the deadline. There should probably be sepa
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00101.html (13,069 bytes)
- 7. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: <ve4xt@mts.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:34:24 -0600
- Hi all, I have some specific responses to Mike's question below: No. Sponsors want to receive as many logs as they can, from hard-core contesters AND casual contesters alike. Contests don't exist for
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00102.html (15,002 bytes)
- 8. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu@w0mu.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:30:37 -0700
- Hi all, I have some specific responses to Mike's question below: contesters AND casual >>contesters alike. Contests don't exist for contesters alone. Huh? Contests exist for the competition. Non cont
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00103.html (11,292 bytes)
- 9. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Coslo <mjc5@psu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:56:32 -0500
- Start Tree quote End Tree quote. Those are surely better subjects. 1. Should log deadlines be moved up? It doesn't matter too much to me. There will still be people sending in logs at the deadline -
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00104.html (12,253 bytes)
- 10. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Coslo <mjc5@psu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:23:48 -0500
- We want to get more contesters, both casual and serious. Getting more logs is always a good thing. I think Kelly might have meant "hard core contesters alone" instead of just "contesters alone". Roug
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00105.html (9,125 bytes)
- 11. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu@w0mu.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:25:52 -0700
- I would be curious what the percent is for CQWW, WPX, ARRL DX. "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over." Ben Franklin --Original Message-- From: cq-c
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00106.html (10,095 bytes)
- 12. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Coslo <mjc5@psu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:36:12 -0500
- (re the number of Ops who don't send logs) I'd expect the number would be a fair bit higher. Our party has a fair number of county hunters, so those are people who are more interested in a QSL card t
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00110.html (8,360 bytes)
- 13. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: John Brosnahan -- W0UN <shr@swtexas.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:37:02 -0600
- After posting the (excerpt) above I received a note (below) by private email confirming that this is a serious consideration in Europe -- sent to me by a European operator who wishes to remain anony
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00111.html (9,580 bytes)
- 14. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: "K0HB" <kzerohb@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:08:03 -0600
- If the reason to open logs to the public is to place sunlight on cheaters (which seems to be the predominate reason advanced here), does this mean that even the "check log" guys are cheaters? Sunnuva
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00113.html (8,195 bytes)
- 15. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: "K0HB" <kzerohb@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:14:03 -0600
- Mike, inserting logic into this discussion is cheating. Shame on you! 73, de Hans, K0HB/W7 _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lis
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00114.html (8,885 bytes)
- 16. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:25:13 -0500
- "If you are not cheating, I see no reason to get up in arms about it." Indeed. But consider: If we are not cheating, but it is implied that we are because of a difference of opinion or philosophy...
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00115.html (9,496 bytes)
- 17. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: "VE5ZX" <ve5zx@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:31:30 -0600
- The current survey on contesting.com suggests opposition to open logs for any reason maybe a minority opinion. 61% favor open logs, 24% don't care and 8% are opposed. ... Sylvan Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX S
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00116.html (8,580 bytes)
- 18. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: Mike <nf4l@nf4l.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:23:26 -0500
- 73, Mike NF4L _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00117.html (10,360 bytes)
- 19. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu@w0mu.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:18:24 -0700
- irritating. Implied by whom? By a bunch of people that have nothing to do with the log checking. People have taken a great leap from a statement wondering why the same people are always late and tyi
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00125.html (11,681 bytes)
- 20. Re: [CQ-Contest] Driving at 4AM (score: 1)
- Author: "David Kopacz" <david.kopacz@aspwebhosting.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:54:44 -0600
- I suggest it is more likely: 89% didn't take the poll 6% favor open logs 3% don't care 2% opposed Even if the poll on contesting.com were an accurate representation of the contesting population, one
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2009-02/msg00126.html (10,115 bytes)
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