IMHO there should be a plaque for entering a contest with a call like that..... -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, TN EM66 _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Co
Just as a data point, I notice a *significant* reduction in rate when other stations move in within my 500Hz IF window. A small part of it is because of receiver issues on my end -- my not-totally-cr
Isn't blaming Packet Cluster for the problems with DXing & contesting like blaming the Bank of America for armed robbery? -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, TN EM66 ___________________________________
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Truth is, there *is* a problem. No, it's not with *every* contester, and yes, there *are* some who seem to think we should just *know* we aren't supposed to be CQing on 14.213 -- that frequency has b
Hear, hear. The first thing that came to my mind when Pete posted was... that despite the rules against its use during the contest by single ops, the RBN could have an effect on single-op operation.
Again, I would suggest that these two are the fault not of the spotting network, but of improper *use* of the network. Blaming it on the network is like blaming the Bank of America for armed robbery.
I can tell you that for reasons completely unknown to me, people (both DX and domestic) seem to copy the "I" in my call as "R", whether I use phonetics or not. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, TN EM
I might suggest the "new" method (country prefix first, then home callsign, i.e. DL/W9WI) makes more sense. The purpose of the callsign prefix is to identify what country the transmitting station is
I've not heard of anyone suffering significant issues, though I don't think we've heard from everyone yet. I know as a fact K4RO & N4ZZ are OK. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, TN EM66 _____________
Haven't heard from absolutely everyone but it looks like everyone has come out just fine. Probably because contesters tend to prefer to live on high ground! I do know K4RO was basically on an island
I've participated in three ARRL HQ (W1AW/x) operations. I'd REALLY hate to see the "distributed multi-multi" feature of this contest go away. I don't remember how our operations placed.. I know we di
.... Quite possibly... In all seriousness, I can see considerable logistical difficulty in keeping track of which logs are supposed to be closed & which are to be open. And considerable bad blood if
OK, *way* outside-the-box suggestion for WRTC-2014: Each team is required to provide the WRTC sponsors .wav recordings of one or both team members reading the letters, digits, a CQ message with an as
http://www.kcdxclub.com/practicefiles.html has the 1998 and 1999 KC DX Club pileup competition recordings. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, TN EM66 _______________________________________________ C
(Agreed, about Jose's research) I wonder, to what degree do the "big guns" believe SO2R has impacted scores? In the 1970s and early 1980s, one of the critical strategic decisions you had to make duri
My recollection was that there was plenty of activity (and growing). Then again, that was a lot of years ago! If I had to guess (and this would be only a guess) there were people getting section appo
I certainly think it would be interesting! -- == Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contest
IMHO, unfortunately, sometimes signing /QRP works. (TX) > CQ TEST W9YT (RX S9+20)< VE3CX (RX S9+20)< K7ZD (RX S9+20)< KU7Y (RX S7) < W9WI/QRP If the first three HP stations all clobber each other, wh
I'm not so sure this is true.. I think most of us would agree that use of Skimmer *does* put us in the Unlimited category -- it's fairly well spelled out in the rules. If I'm reading Hans' post of ye