Bruce, Well, I've been writing and reading rules for many decades now, and, at least for me, the excerpt I cited seems to clearly indicate that if you want to run HP, that's ok, but don't expect it t
Pete, First, let me congratulate you for continuing to spit into wind for so many go-arounds. I admire your stick-to-it-ness. Second, it is no mystery (at least to me) why you are getting so much opp
Someone has to say it, so it will be me. OMG... This thread has really gone south. How to get even? How to punish the guy? Don't log who you work? Send the wrong call? Are you kidding me? This is sup
In this long chain of posts on this topic, a recent post stated: [snip] Of course the West coast isn't going to come close to the East coast in a DX contest. [end snip] On average, historically, that
AR: ...but the pay is GREAT, right? de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-cont
Thanks for your further thoughts on the topic. Beside the "very old" wins by W7RM and N5AU (M/M), Please check out N2IC/5 for "current" data. CQWW SSB USA win in 2013 SOABHP 7,529,827 points 4,338
A lot of guys simply ENJOY S+P and do NOT enjoy running. I think this is especially true of the so-called "casual" guys you later refer to: But casual guys DO want to turn off their radios; that's on
RE: http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/cq-contest/2016-March/112998.html I found these results to be *very* interesting. Upper block = HP. Lower block = LP Good job guys! de Doug KR2Q CALL C P BES
RE: http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/cq-contest/2016-March/113005.html This is wonderful stuff. Here in the states, the latest headline on the news is about broad car manufacturer commitment to
Mario, None of the above. I achieved Honor Roll #1 in Sept 1991 (my age then = 40). I mostly chase DX with QRP just for fun. Maybe 10 or more years ago, I was 1 away from honor roll with 5 watts. The
What do you think is the most common question I get during the WPX SSB? What's your number? Nope. During the first 2 hours of the contest, I got a dozen, totally unsolicited: "Are you QRP?" The answe
Ho Ho Ho.... When I was WB2VYA, it was not uncommon to get QSO B4 cuz WA2VYA (Frank) was also an active contester (his was a reissued call, so imagine my surprise when HE showed up!). Seems crazy now
K3ZJ reminds us of paper (manual) dupe sheets. Wow. It used to be a real art to creating a dupe sheet. At the M/M I used to operate at, I created one for Europe, one for JA, and one for "the rest of
Can I enter more than one overlay category at a time? What if I need to apply all overlays..can I do that? After all, I do want to be legal. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
We see this in lot of competitions. Here is one from today's on-line NY Times, even though it is dated April 10th. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/sports/julie-miller-ironman-triathlon-cheat.html S
K8MR says, "Just copy what I send." W2UP says, "Update your SCP file." Is it just me? Too funny! Back to Jim, I can see mis-typing 4 and 5. After all, they are right next to each other on the keybo
Additional penalties may serve to encourage accuracy over guessing. Additional penalties alter the risk-to-benefit ratio for not getting it right (call, exchange). If there were no penalties, the pot
The following is to the best of MY recollection (IE, may not be 100% accurate). Back in the paper log days, CQWW had a "rule" that permitted up to 3% or 4% DUPES in the log. I don't remember the exac
No, that never happens. No additional QSOs are removed. Additional points are removed. de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com h
Recently (here) someone speculated about what category has the higher rate of NILs Here is the answer (hope this lines up). These are the average rates per category of entry. CQWW CW 2015 (unassisted