~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well said Mal. I know we're swimming against the tide, but contesting should NEVER allow packet or any kind of spotting assistance other than another
Sometimes when CQ'ing gets slow, I like to go to a different band and start at the bottom and tune up. when I find a good mult, I can type it into the logger window, and with the self spot feature he
Let's test that assertion. For the 2004 CQWW Phone and CQWW CW contests I compared the high-claimed, unassisted scores, as reported to the 3830 reflector, with the final results, published in the Aug
Don, I vote for innocent until proven guilty. We all make mistakes at times, or at least I do! -- Gordon - N1MGO n1mgo@arrl.net _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list
No disagreement from me. However, if they operate that way, either due to lack of "operating skills" or just because that's what they like to do, do you have the right to tell them how to operate? I
W2UP: Barry, please remind me where I told anybody how to operate. I don't believe I did. Hey guys, that's two misrepresentations of what I said in about a half hour. How about reading before flying
What Steve, N2IC describes happens quite often even in the CQ 160 contests. 1. The log checking software will identify any most likely close call signs (probably several). 2. If the calls turns up in
First and least important the semantics are DXPacket Cluster sometimes shortened to DX Cluster. No where is the word telnet used except for the software call DXTelnet. Now for the important stuff: I
I believe your comments are directed at me... First and (agreed) least important - packet and telnet are methods of connection to the network of DX Clusters. /PacketCluster^(TM) /was the name of AK1A
Barry I wasn't going to send the email below but because of what is happening on the cluster this evening I decided to go ahead and send it. Stew Perry is one contest that expressly prohibits using p
Hi Mal, Hmm... I've never played in the SP as my 160m inverted L behaves as if the vertical portion starts at ground level and goes down from there instead of up. However, I do hear signals and thoug
Mal, How do you know that the people posting the spots are planning to enter the Stew Perry contest? In any given contest, there are people who are just handing out QSO who don't plan to send in a sc
Last night I was running and beaming west, and I was aware that a "O" (K, H, N, ???) was cqing on the same freq. I could just tell he was there because I could occasionally hear an east coast statio
Looks to me that, if one chooses to not participate in spots, then one doesn't connect. If one chooses to be qrp, then one doesn't turn on the amp. And if one is in a contest, using nothing but what
Thank you very much for your opinion Mike. You have hi-lited the problem very well. The rule of the land today is anyone can break/bend any rule as long as a justification can be dreamed up. You are
Thank you very much for your opinion Mike. You have hi-lited the problem very well. The rule of the land today is anyone can break/bend any rule as long as a justification can be dreamed up. You are
The notion that people who make contacts on an amateur radio frequency are bound by rules of a contest they aren't participating in is amazingly fallacious. Contest rules do not supplant or append to
Mal, I agree with Mike 100% on this one. How can you expect Joe Ham tuning the bands to know the rules for a contest he happens upon? The bands are open to hams around the world, restricted only by t
Clap clap clap clap clap Way to go Mike, my sentiments exactly. Merry Christmas Red K0LUZ Thank you very much for your opinion Mike. You have hi-lited the problem very well. The rule of the land toda
N7MAL wrote: "It clearly says no packet spotting, It doesn't say it's OK to spot if you are not actually in the contest. At some point the contest rules must mean something." Good Grief...the rules o