I'm a bit surprised there hasn't been any mention of W3ZZ's article regarding VHF contesting that appeared in April QST. Here are my thoughts. First thanks to Gene and ARRL for showing an interest in
Good questions... I have been involved in vhf+ contesting since 1972 (my first (ever) QSO was in the 1972 January VHF SS on 50.28 AM using my elmer's homebrew portable 6m rig). My vhf+ station has gr
This is a question that should be asked of those that operated, and didn't submit a log. The problem is, we don't know what the "problem" is yet. Gene...is the problem fewer log submissions or fewer
Cabrillo, like .TXT, is just a format. And it's a pretty good format. Part of the problem is that it does NOT include such things as a pretty band-by-band summary, nor an easy indication of dupes, et
Folks, I need to correct myself. The following statement is NOT correct, and I apologize for stating it without checking my facts first. The results are available to ARRL members about a month prior
I think it is pretty easy as Ed pointed out in the post. The NA Sprint contest has gone a step further recently by providing a way to enter your log online. http://www.ncjweb.com/manualsprintlog.php
I hope to make this my final post on this subject - I've said enough and I don't want to wear out my welcome BUT just a few more points from some recent posts. This topic has taken up a lot of bandwi
I suppose a distance scoring element is worth considering, BUT: If we're trying to encourage folks to play, then that's yet another discouraging factor. This stacks the decks in favor of the "big gun
-- "Hoffman, Mark" <mhoffman@microwavedata.com> wrote: Marginally true, but you must consider that most of the beneficiaries of such a scheme would be smaller stations who work the big guns over a gr