Memorizing is a really good exercise that helps keep your brain cells healthy. When I was a kid I started memorizing prefixes of the DXCC list, then I continued memorizing contest scores, records, et
Excellent amp! Been using it since 2008 at LP1H. Quiet, rock solid, compact and it delivers what you expect from it. Vy 73. Martin, LU5DX _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest ma
This is not a survey but stats extracted from logs sent to CQ for CQ WW DX SSB and CW (2008 through 2012). http://qsl.net/lu5dx/loggers-by-year-mode-pie.html 73. Martin, LU5DX _______________________
Hi Kim. What zone in SA are you referring as to being in the top spots? Zone 9 is certainly not the same as zone 12, 13. 73 Martin, LU5DX _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest ma
Yes Kim. I certainly agree with you on the unfair advantage of NA stations. That, certainly creates additional traffic on the bands making things for us deep down South even more difficult. Perhaps t
Yes. Of course the real problem lies behind the scoring system. But since these are world wide and DX contests a distance-based scoring system would be not perfect but certainly a whole lot fairer th
Thing is. If we pretend to call contests competitions the scoring system should be aimed at providing a level and fair playing field. So, to me it is really a wast of time to talk about scoring syste
Hi Alfredo. In my case I don't drink coffee except during CQ WW DX CW contests on Sunday morning around 9-10 AM. The best I can tell to stay awake is to eat right and in very small portions throughou
Must be sarcasm... I guess. 73. LU5DX P.S Rules say: ... * X. GENERAL RULES FOR ALL ENTRANTS: * ... ... * D.* Self-spotting or asking to be spotted is not permitted. ... On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 2:40
Hi Joe. I see LR0D RCA LR0F RCA LR0H RCA LR1D RCA LR2H RCA In the updated list at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2651703/HQ2014.txt These are not the callsigns that we'll be using this year for
That can easily be solved. Video/Audio recording for high profile entrants posted to YouTube right after the contest, or even better live video streaming (audio could be delayed a few mins respect to
As far as the facts of cheating with unfair assistance and ghost ops are concerned, yes. 73, Martin, LU5DX _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin
Hi Hans, With all due respect. I believe you do not have all the information you need to make your statement. To say that, it would be really interesting if you tried to enter SOAB(A) in a serious ef
Hi Mats, Thank you for your note. Reducing SOAB(A) to just point and clicking by Hans sounded really funny to me. But now you saying SOAB(A) involves laziness is even funnier! All the SOAB(A) efforts
Hi Kelly, Yes. There is whole universe of difference between being at 8P5A and PX5E. Not even N5TJ can even come close to Tom operating from Barbados if Jeff was operating from Sergio's! There an ast
I agree with you Ranko to some extent. I like the two-year format. However, due to time restrictions and traveling imposed by my job I am not sure I will be able to devote to the process as much I'd