There is a limit of 10 band changes per hour in the upcoming SCC RTTY Championship. I'm somewhat confused for the reasoning behind the rule. Was it added to limit 2-radio single ops? At first, one mi
Hi Don & others ! I will try to explain the reasons for the 10 band-changes rule in SCC RTTY Contest. I should say that the contest rules were pretty changed this year by the organizer (Slovenia Cont
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Robert, A question for you.......... You wrote :- as The Year the amateur radio licence etc etc.. Is this the year that the licence for the Call Sign being used by the operator was issued.. Or is thi
I've always taken that to mean the year the station being operated was first licensed. But as there is no mention of a points deduction for an error here, what difference does it make as long as you
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Single op. stations must transmit RST and four-digit number of the year the amateur radio licence was FIRST officially issued to the operator. Multi op. stations must transmit RST and four-digit numb
^^^^^^^^ _________________________________________________________ Changing the subject slightly, wouldn't it be a good idea to eliminate the RST from contests? Not just SCC, but all of them. Either
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Valid QSO is defined as an exchange of callsigns and RST reports. However, they were quite a few 5NN in SARTG :-) UE de Mario, S56A, N1YU That's one definition, true. However, a different, and possib
This comes up on the cq-contest reflector from time to time. One way to think of it is that the RST is in effect a start pulse, saying "contest exchange is coming next". It really helps a lot in CW a
Author: gord@kron.donetsk.ua (Vladimir A. Gordienko)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 18:50:36 +0300
I agree 100% with Bill, but I guess in case if you would like to receive (send) a QSL card confirming your QSO, you should indicate the signal report in the card, otherwise this QSO/QSL does not cou
_________________________________________________________ That makes sense, although if it were eliminated, IMO, people would quickly learn that "R" or "QSL" or your call letters would also serve as
_________________________________________________________ Are you sure the signal report is required for a valid QSO? I'm sure some information must be exchanged, but couldn't it be the contest excha
Let me ask, does it make a difference what is exchanged? I suggest not. The ultimate judge is the post contest gods with there log scrutinizing software. They decide if your exchange was adequate. An
I agree with Jim, AD1C here... What I would really like to see is a rule in all contests requiring stations to acknowledge the "information" they receive by re-transmitting it..AND penalties for log
John, VK4CEJ wrote: "." in rtty contests however, all one gets back is "qsl tu qrz" how the heck do I know that you really did get my serial number correctly ???" Good point, however if I am not sure
_________________________________________________________ I would respectfully request you NOT repeat back my sent exchange, especially since it is not required by any contest rules I am familiar wit