I don't understand why you think you are disagreeing with me Mal. Sure it's catching on as a database for logs. But there are still 1001 uses for QSLs which LoTW doesn't address. And while Pete N4ZR
The deadline for IOTA contest logs is the end of this week. In particular, the following stations all appear in our database over 500 times, so we would very much like to have your logs: 9A6A 9A8RR C
I've been following this thread and don't understand the problems. We have been doing this with the IOTA Contest for the past few years. If you correlate the spots with logs within, say, 5 minutes of
We are pleased to announce that we now have the Provisional Results (subject to appeal). I apologise that this has taken longer than usual. This is mainly because I was with the 3B7C expedition for t
The Skimmerdebate is getting more sterile by the minute, with most postings simplyreiterating emotionally held beliefs. Lets startby knocking a few myths on the head: - CW is inherently a mode to b
Yes Ken, but sending CW by hand is just as much an "amateur" skill as receiving CW and we let that one go years ago. This is what is driving me mad - the debate is so inconsistent. Paul EI5DI keeps s
Jeff Just as CQWW uses the ARRL country list for multiplier credit, so the IOTA contest uses the IOTA awards criteria. So the contest does not apply any criteria of its own other than that an island
We posted the email below a few weeks ago to all entrants who had submitted electronically. This contained details of how to locate the provisional results, where to find photos, etc. and where to lo
Ed mentions the 12-hour categories in the IOTA Contest, which I manage. These have led to a dramatic increase in entrants to the contest and have been hugely popular. I don't know how many of these 1
Just back from a vacation and I see that a number of IOTA contest entrants have been having trouble mailing their logs. Unfortunately, after the rules were originally published, we had a change of In
The IOTA Contest has a rule requiring adherence. It is difficult to "prove" non-adherence but there is often strong evidence (especially when there is full-frequency logging by one or both stations).
Something similar for the IOTA contest. It is often quite clear which of the two is correct where there is a mismatch of band and/or mode. Usually it will be obvious that one station is running while
As I told Franki, Trey was staying with me on one occasion and he mentioned that he had noticed the place name Maidenhead en route to here (it's about 10 miles away from where I live). I explained th
Suffice to say that WRTC was quite amazing and really does seem to have come the closest yet to the mythical "level playing field". The Russian support was incredible, some of the helpers (installing
The deadline for this years IOTA Contest is just 3 days away. There are still many high-scoring logs missing. If you are one of them, please do make the effort to send in your log. Indeed, please sen
This years IOTA Contest will take place, as always, over the last full weekend of July which, this year, is 30/31 July, 1200 to 1200 UTC. Full rules, unchanged since last year, can be found at: http:
The deadline for this years IOTA Contest is just a few days away, 21stAugust. There are still many high-scoring logs missing. If you are one of them, please do make the effort to send in your log. In
As manager for the IOTA contest, I feel I should comment. We dealt with one station who repeatedly entered QRP and had scores typically 50% higher than other QRP entrants. He no longer participates.
I don't understand why 90% of the people commenting on this thread refer to FCC rules as though they applied to everyone. My licence does NOT require me to ID every QSO, though I did do a 264 hour in
The flip side is that it behoves callers to actually listen. I was mis-spotted late yesterday as G4XTT and the spotter corrected it less than a minute later with an apology. But I ended up with a bun