Judging by some of the emails on just this reflector, some folks computer times are not within 5 minutes or sometimes five days... http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest ____________
Ummm, what's the point of a contest, if not to compete? A major part of the enjoyment is finding stuff on your own... The other players ARE rivals, and often friends. There's a lot of fun in what you
*chuckles* That strategy only works if you AND the other player are assisted (Or multi or maybe SO2R) AND you need the multiplier ;o) Of course, the other cruel and nasty thing one could do is altern
Bob, Valid point... I participate in many contests, but would argue if I'm not competing, either with myself or "on the side" with friends, I have time to tune around and find "rare" multipliers. You
I'd like to thank everyone at the Tennessee Contest Group for the great state shaped plaque I received. It's a shameless plug, but think everyone should stop on by next September for a fun few hours.
It's been red letter week in hamdom for me. I was also tickled to get the fine plaque from the folks at the Minnesota Wireless Association and Scott, K0MD. Thanks for your generosity. The MnQP is alw
I can just hear the swarm now as they hit F4 four or five times as everyone picks the spot for the new rare multiplier... If I wanted to play computer games, I'd go back to DOOM, much better graphics
Using the computer in the fashion you present is still just me, not 10,000 eyes plotting the bands... I still have to type the info in correctly (and that is a challenge at times) You can do all you
Tom, Like everything else, that can be tricked as well. You'll recall K1TTT and others posting spot information from specific nodes. It's possible to spoof these things. Even "secure" networks can be
That sounds reasonable Jim... If one has tens of thousands of dollars tied up in their station, a few hundred bucks more won't matter... There's still a lot of folks running DOS and TS520 (for exampl
Honestly, I'd rather have UBNs for all the major contests. At least, I can do something to improve based on that information. It's hard enough to analyze my own errors without trying to figure out if
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Mud and bug generally occur at the same time... In Maine, one has to consider reverse snowbird season ;o) Still the best damn fresh off the boat seafood in New England. The best reason to sit around
Hi, Dick, N4ARO, a member of TCG, was using the SKCC club call K2A/4 for the contest. He did post on the TCG reflector. He didn't know that the /2 would be operating as well. If this comes up again,
I, for one, commend both you and ES5TV for taking the high road based on your understanding of the rules and spirit of the competition. There's a strong sense that things need to be improved in our c
Chris and all, This is an interesting analogy that can be taken a step further with folks in wheel chairs who "run" marathons. Certainly one could say they are technologically enhanced, but they comp
I think this is a good idea, particularly the second part. Adjudication seems to be a gray area when the topic of disqualifications arises. The contesting community and definitely newcomers (myself
Worked them on 160, 40 and 20, heard them on 15 long/skewed path, but no Q. Had hoped for VP6DX on 10, but no joy. Africa was decent here EA8, CT9, D4, 9X and ZS on several bands. On the other hand,
As far as the log checking software is concerned is 1000=KW=K=AK=1TTT=ATTT=2K? Or does one get dinged for translating AK to 1K or NNN to 999? It's probably pretty simple to program all of those optio
Will my Skimmer program know what to log??? *very tongue in cheek* ;o) Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group TnQP http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #3311 Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/10