This is my first post on this reflector and I do so with caution but extreme concern that contests at least stay somewhat competitive in all categories. I must admit in 50 years of enjoying contests
Hi Herb, Good to see you here! I just checked my logs. I worked KP4KE on three bands. On all three bands he sent me the power level of 100. 73, Zack W9SZ _____________________________________________
Without weighing in on the merits, for or against, Herb's concern, I would like to point out one thing: The posts to the 3830 Reflector are voluntary and not official. Only the information entered in
Yes, good point, Paul. I was just indicating that he wasn't sending 42 in the contest. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com
Another thing is that I've received all sorts of oddball power levels from people in the ARRL DX contest over the years. 999, 995, 763, 155, 37 ... I have often had a passing thought about how they m
And then, of course, there are the guys who think they are supposed to send serial numbers, a la WPX. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebe
The conversation of what power number to use is as frequent as what check is ok in SS. Does it really matter what you sent as long as it was the same number the entire contest and actually claim the
I took great interest in Herb's post. As a competitive Low Power competitor, this issue is very important to me. I thought I would share my observations. I routinely use RBN history after a CW contes
Cheater dont have ethical issues. He does not cheat once, he repeats this bad behavior over and over until be exposed. Then, he pretend to be a victim of an unfair judgement. I've seen enough of this
I don't have any comment on KP4KE/NP2P, but I would like to make some comments re using the RBN data to compare stations: The procedure of picking two SINGLE skimmer spots at similar times is never a
Thanks Tor and I agree with you analysis. It still ties to my conclusions. In the case of K1LZ vs N1UR, the difference is the amplifier but not much more. But it should be more based on the antennas.