ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- I believe the reason has to do with the population of the call areas. There are so many people in each area they are almost "countries" of their own. That's my
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: <snip> -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Just wondering if you run one radio or two? Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.co
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- If you want those classes, go ahead and propose them. The messages I'm seeing are focusing on one radio vs two. Bill, W6WRT ___________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Could you cite your source for the above quote? I've read all these posts and have never seen that one. Bill, W6WRT ___________________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Your statement shows you do not understand two radio operation. Here it is in a nutshell: When using two or more radios, the operator can listen during 100% of
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Shall we also get off the HP/LP thing? The SO/MO thing? The assisted/unassisted thing? Those operations were separated into their own classes because each one
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- If you want to propose a rule change for those situations, go ahead. I'm focusing on one radio vs two. Bill, W6WRT ____________________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Your comments are correct for CW and phone, but I am primarily a RTTY contester and I should have made that clear. Sorry. For RTTY contesting, it is easy to co
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Absolutely correct. What you don't see however, is that when two highly skilled operators compete in an otherwise equal situation, the two radio setup will win
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Another one totally misses the point. It is NOT a question of skill level. Given the SAME operator with the SAME skill level in the SAME location with the SAME
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- After reading the above cheap shot, a light bulb suddenly lit up. Does this guy know anything about RTTY contesting? I went to my log of over 50,000 RTTY conte
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- There should be such a law. Nobody likes contesting more than I, but I am appalled that such a thing would even be thought about. The WARC bands are a refuge f
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- The subtlety in that statement is priceless. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- What would be the reason for doing this? Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://l
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- In the traditional sense, Mark is correct, but this is a change whose time has come. MHO. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contes
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- It's reasonable if they're running HP and you are running LP. Happens all the time. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Does she have a sister? -- Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Why? Because one can build six monobanders for the price of one of those and have money left over, even if you buy brand new parts. You also eliminate the potent
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Especially true for RTTY contesting and especially true for European stations. US stations used to dominate RTTY contests but no longer. QSO totals for one conte
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- One factual error and two differences of opinion in the above. 1. Digital operation is permitted anywhere in the 160 meter band, as are phone and CW. 2. Digital