Hello, I was Reading the CX1AA 2009 IARU log checking report. Take my attention this ones that were removed: EXCHANGE CHECK RESULTS -- 20CW CP4BT : 14 should be 12 CP has ITU 12 and 14. I don´t have
I have always labored under the impression that contesting is a competition in which radiomen demonstrate skill at copying the exchange "as sent" and are rewarded on the accuracy of the information t
The 3 stations did not sent in a log, so the checking robot has no way to validate the sent report. As they never know what the stations sent these qso's were valid. Same error was made some years ag
I would argue this is not an accurate statement. If I work XE1KK in the IARU contest and I log his zone as anything other than zone 10 the person checking the contest and anyone else (man or machine)
I do not agree with this entirely. While in general it is a good idea to copy what is sent to you I will contend that you should be smart about it. If you are in the CQ WW contest and you work XE1KK
But what about the people that log it thinking what it should be, and then other logging it what was actually sent.? I have this problem in the IARU HF test. probably 10% of my contacts are arguments
If you log anything other than "what was actually sent" you should lose the Q. The converse is obvious. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Proud Member of: A1 Operators - http://www.a
No Captain Obvious, I wouldn't. The contest exchange calls for a CQ zone number, which I know to be an integer numeric value from 1 to 40. If XE1KK sends me a number in that range, it goes in the log
ugh... you just gave xe1kk an NIL in his Mexican Whatever contest. The friendlier approach when you don't get the expected report is to tell the other guy that you need their xxx zone, grid square,
Negative. I'm not in the Mexican Whatever contest and I do not submit a log, so I can't be "NIL". 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" -- Proud Member of: A1 Operators - http://www.arrl.or
I got curious, and went to the ITU site to confirm Joe's statement that part of Wisconsin is in Zone 7 instead of 8. The Official ITU CIRAF Zone map can be found here: http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terres
It appears that EI8IC waded through that swamp several years ago, with the general conclusion that ITU zones for ham radio purposes are whatever the contest sponsor says they are. http://lists.contes
Yeah, this topic aperiodically resurfaces as it is confusing. Bottom line is what we refer to as ITU zones in amateur radio, are not the official ITU HFBC CIRAF zones. The history behind this is that
Major Hans obvious won't send in a log for the MW (Mexican Whatever) contest, so it's not a NIL. Otherwise, you're spot-on - try to get him to contact others in yyy contest. -Rex K1HI Rex Lin
I never plan on sending in a log for the ari or w7 qso party but have in the past received requests for a log since I show up in so many logs... I have always logged the stations but not always their
I have a solution to this which I think makes sense technically but which may never get off the ground politically. Call them IARU zones instead of ITU zones. This specifically makes IARU the arbiter