This is how you welcome a new contester, you DQ him. No slack. We had a new contester that asked to be spotted three or four times the first time he was on the air. We told him not to do that and he
Ed, If that is true, one of you more "seasoned" ops should have been monitoring this "newbie", who, by the way, has been licensed since the year before I was born. Hard to claim that he's new to anyt
Bob, What constituency are you trying to serve by these draconian measures? This is a hobby, after all. We are trying to bring new people into it. CQWW has been around for a very, very long time with
I just wanted to point out, you can use RBN as much as you want to "self-spot" and it is perfectly within the rules. RBN will not re-spot your callsign if you stay CQing on the same QRG. However, mov
enough of this crap........... i am going to work the WPX like i did the ARRL DX sixty years ago when i was 17 when every contact was a joy......... the 810s will let me be heard and the sx71 will al
Hi Kelly, Very simple: unassisted means you can't receive spots, not that you can't send them. Ok...I thought it applied both ways. That's a problem right there, I think. Half-duplex assisted or unas
Be carefull Gerry, I am your FRIEND and so I will spot you hard and ugly next CQ WW contests :) you might get DQed !!! I maybe have to send an email to all "my friends" and mailing lists before each
Bob W5OV, You're speaking of tens of cheerleading spots for T48K. 3V8SS was DQed for 4 spots (done by 2 different people, different IP, both different than mine). One spot came after 10 minutes from
Off air? ESP? Just how did this happen? We were on an island in a somewhat remote area with NO phone, NO internet, NO WiFi. If you had a satellite phone, you would be put in prison. We submitted our
If there is, as apparently there is, evidence of multiple incursions by US stations into forbidden band segments, in violation of US law, why zero DQs? Why isn't the law-and-order contingent clamouri
T48K How do you know what evidence CQ has? Bob has mentioned a couple of items. You are debating the case based on the limited information presented here. I love a great conspiracy but I would really
"which off-air method of communication the team is suspected of using" hmmm... I would arrange a few CW frequencies and ask my friend back in the states or Canada to monitor them 24x7. Once in a whil
Better yet. How about a packet or JT65 station on a freq or what is that service the boaters use to get internet access via hf? There are ways, lots of ways. W0MU You are watching too much TV! 73 de
nope, no TV involved :) Soviet hams used to have this code language when they needed to sell or buy something. You could not simply say that you have a vacuum tube to sell and ask 10 rubles for that.
Alex, That is so far fetched..its hilarious! Who would monitor a frqcy 24/7 hearing nothing for hours? You are watching too much TV! 73 de Rob HK3CW -- Original Message -- From: "Alex Malyava" <alex.
I've been a ham for a long time and most of you around my age can relate to what I'm going to say. Remember back when the operator had no outside assistance in a contest or chasing DX? You had to tun
While it is easy to blame the technology for many of the problems in contesting. Spotting can be a contributing factor to many of the problems we are seeing but education or lack of education and tra
I too have been doing this, like Jeff, for a long time. I don't think the "point and click" thing is a god thing for the hobby. There's an easy way to make in very simple and uncomplicated. Just shut
Gee, A perfect operator who has never made a mistake! It is a rare DX pileup when I don't hear well known and respected ops, including those who have been ops on major DXpeditions, accidentally calli
How can you shut it all down? Do you realize how many people are involved with the clusters? Plenty of people contest using the clusters and derive great enjoyment from it. The clusters were created