I don't know of a single contest that bans CW decoders. In many contests (e.g. CQ WW and CQ WPX), using a CW decoder is allowed and will put you in the assisted category. In ARRL contests, using a si
Hans - you have to copy the exchange yourself. That requires much skill, especially in CQWW :-) Barry W2UP So in CQWW (is that a major?) you can use a local skimmer to decode CW, but you cant use a
It CQ WW, which is the #1 major contest, CW decoders are allowed in the categories that allow QSO finding assistance. John KK9A CW decoders are strictly prohibited in the majors. Barry W2UP _________
Cheer up! There are still a few contests left where CW Rules! And SSB, too, if you like to talk. Since I don't "compete," I don't care if somebody uses an MFJ decoder, or Skimmer, to read my call sig
Ria, Maybe a few casual contest participants use cw readers but no competitive contester would use a reader since it bumps you into the assisted category just like CW Skimmer use does. It is also com
OK, I stand corrected. CW decoders are prohibited in CQWW single op. Barry W2UP On 5/4/2019 6:50 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote: W2UP writes: CW decoders are strictly prohibited in the majors. I don't know of
Hi Bob, <<< ...but no competitive contester would use a reader since it bumps you into the assisted category just like CW Skimmer use does. Contesters entering Assisted categories are "no competitiv
Multi channel CW decoders (skimmer) are assisted. Single channel is allowed for all categories. Ria N2Arj _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting
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In CQWW, once you have the call sign (by skimmer or otherwise), you dont need to copy a darn thing. N1MM already knows the exchange for you. 73, de Hans, KØHB Just a Boy and his Radio Hans - you have
*Wrong,* *See the Rules FAQ here https://cqww.com/rules_faq.htm * *Q: Can I use a code reader to help me work stations on CW and be in the single operator category?* No. Any single operator that uses
Is that why 15% of the QSOs in the last ARRL DX and CQWW I operated with my callsign got the state/zone wrong? Hint - they let N1MM pre-fill and didn't copy the exchange. Barry W2UP 73, de Hans, KØHB
Sorry, but you?re wrong Hans. Even if you use a call history file, there is no way for me to ?know? (unless I am psychic) where anyone in the USA is because their callsigns are not tagged to a State(
Before everyone paints N1MM Logger as some kind of villain, let me remind you that prefill has been a standard feature in contest loggers since K1EA's CT, in the late 1980's. 73, Steve, N2IC Barry W2
you that prefill has been a standard feature in contest loggers since K1EA's CT, in the late 1980's. Steve, N2IC" I remember CT from 1988 (yes I was there). Once you logged the location, CT thereaft
Agree 100% with Steve. I'm amazed every year when I look at my log check reports and see people who have logged me in either OH or zone 4. I haven't lived in Ohio for 16 years. I'm active in just abo
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Author: Jack Brindle via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2019 19:00:47 -0700
AH, my friend Jim needs an update to his recollection. There was an internet, we were accessing it using the 56K modem network in north Georgia through a node at Georgia Tech. What there wasnt was th
Not quite as you remember it, Jim. I started using CT in 1988 - Version 5.something. Unfortunately, I don't have that manual anymore, but I do have the CT Version 9 manual, from 1994. From the manual
I think some are arguing that there has been a lot removed over the years already - super check partial and other lists, single channel CW decoders (allowed in assisted categories in CQ contests, al