In thinking about the WRTC 2002, the Finns certainly deserve our thanks for making the playing field as level as it has ever been by using identical antennas at the same height over flat terrain with
Some of us at W1AW/5 tossed around very similar ideas while we were on standby to operate. One place this could be done is Padre Island National Seashore on the Gulf coast of Texas. I'm sure there ar
K1TO, WC4E and myself were approached several times in Finland about the possibility of having the next WRTC in Florida. Although it would be easy to have identical stations due to the flat terrain,
Or small ships at sea spaced out over some distance, but the cost would be too much. I had a great time working the OJ's and found they would pick my call out very quickly. Conditions here in Alaska
Considering that the OJs ran 100W to a rather low tribander, I have to believe that it was difficult for a "SSB" team to compete. I only dabbled in the contest, but watching the spots and listening t
You're probably right Mike, but during the last few hours of the test their SSB rates were around five a minute, 300 hour, or more and I was having some difficulty cracking their ssb piles. The usua
Doubling the points for CW would be terrible. The WRTC stations already make more CW QSOs than phone QSOs. Give them double points, and they'd spend substantially less time on phone than they already
Mike,Rich, "The real answer is probably something like it doesn't matter because I may be wrong but is there not a CW pileup competition that figures as part of the final score? There is an spreadshe
"Summercamp PileUp contest for fun results (in Excel file)" I think the "for fun" part says it all. ;-) There was a SSB competition as well. -Mike N2MG as
The pileup tapes were for fun only, and didn't count toward the final score. As SSB/CW goes, here's my experiences as OJ3R. For us, QSOs counted the same for CW and SSB. Europe was worth 1 QSO point,
Well, perhaps one more story. In the late 80s, I and several others operated the CQWWSSB from V47. Now, to show the rediculous, we arranged for a top JA ( think his name was Yosi ) to be part of our
Which is why this is against WRTC rules! 5. Language Only English language and common international abbreviations can be used - both on SSB and CW. 8. Soliciting QSOs ... The operators are not allowe
Interesting question. First off, the WRTC needs to be in a warm climate. It would be tough for the station and antenna work to be in inclement weather. Second, the WRTC must be imbedded in some form
Just imagine all the money to be spent in marketing to draw the same amount of participation as a contest like the IARU. I personally think that the conbination couldn't be better, obviously under Lo
I neglected to mention that all QSO's were in English with perfect use of international phonetics. As referee, it was interesting to pick up the requests for repeats during this run.....I counted 6!