In the ARRL Contest Update for May 27, N0AX ends his "Pushing the Envelope" section with the words "Welcome to the second century of radio!" where, presumably, it will be the norm for us to be active
Sorry, I'm a RADIO amateur. I'm into RADIOsport, So I, for one, won't be in anyone's logs in those contests. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-C
I think your second principle is too restrictive. I'd suggest instead that we need to define a "bright line" to separate ham radio contesting from whatever this CQ100 business is about. The analogy t
Second the motion, Paul. Somewhere in the mix of RadioSport contesting categories we MUST keep a preserve where "a boy and his radio" competes ONLY with other similarly inclined aficionados. We simp
Although my personal preference would be to find something else to do with my time, we could call it telegraphy-sport. Since my major interest is in actual radio, I'd find such a thing to be mind num
Why simulate radio when we all have radio? 73, Hal N4GG _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/
N4ZR replied to EI5DI: What was already in some contest rules: the bit about how the single operator is to do all the functions of operating: finding, working & logging stations. It's this activity t
Some brief observations: A thought popped into my mind, and perhaps we can borrow a page from other "sports" if you will regarding this. Would Nascar be the same if everyone was sitting in their inte
I'd think this would be about as much fun as a colonoscopy. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/
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At least the colonoscopy patient gets anesthesia..... 73, Mike NF4L _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailm
If there's no radio involved, then it's not radio contesting, regardless of the century it happens in. CQ100 is a computer game, not amateur radio, and the CQ100 contest is not radio contesting, it'