Not on your life! My log is my log - I make it available to the contest sponsor for checking as a condition of entry but it is NOT public and should never be made public. There is no reason for it t
Correct, as long as the DXCC program prohibits releasing or posting of complete logs, I will not submit a log to any sponsor who make the logs public - even if my schedule allowed time to participat
Ward, DXCC rules prohibit publishing complete logs. In the end, the publishing of complete logs could result in disallowance of DXCC credit for "contest DXpedition" QSOs and ultimately the disqualifi
So what? WRTC is a limited event with a limited number of competing stations. To require everyone who HOPES he might have a chance to win to record all 48 hours or to DENY anyone who might be lucky
It is completely unnecessary for CQ or any contest sponsor to release logs for every Tom, Dick and database compiler. There are plenty of tools if they get off their fat, lazy, old asses and make th
If that is a mistake, it needs to be removed from the ARRL web site and the rule needs to be changed. Until it is changed, NO CONTEST SPONSOR has any right to make public the log of any entrant - pa
It obviously happens enough (or is believed to happen enough) that the two programs have adopted rules/policies to address it. 73, ... Joe, W4TV _______________________________________________ CQ-Co
Interesting since of the logs I have on-line I show QSOs with N2IC in CQ160 1983, ARRL 10M 2005 and NAQP 2006. Since I rarely spend any time in domestic contests, that's not a bad number of "hits."
Pete, It's an interesting thought but color me a skeptic. I simply don't know that two or three receivers per continent would give enough coverage to be useful. There is a great difference in propaga
I'm afraid it will be like "red light cameras" that are beginning to be popular in this area. They are obvious enough and there is enough discussion of their locations that the possibility is routin
However, the "honor codes" state "I will not cheat, I will not assist those who cheat nor I will not tolerate those who do." Once one has subscribed to the honor code there is an affirmative duty to
Tony, It is not the average power that will get you it is the peak power. The Alphas have capacitor input filters in the power supply which means that although the average current draw may be low eno
The point I have made for over a year ... SO2R is but one tool and certainly not THE tool that is so dominant that it makes all others insignificant. Again, if you want to give your jihad for a sepa
Gilles, In the case of radiosport, it is traditionally not the "advantage" as you put it that determines the category. It is like the difference in singles luge vs. two man bobsled vs. four man bobsl
kk5oq writes ... Your comment has no place in this discussion. The anti-SO2R jihad by W6WRT to put SO2R operators in a separate place (a virtual ghetto) are what is bigoted. They represent nothing le
W6WRT distorts facts again ... W4TV has been a contester for 30 years ... whether I have been active in the 48 hour grind for the last few years is not an issue. microHAM has one product that is dire
This comes up after every RTTY contest ... use a CW filter instead of an AM filer for copying the CW beacon. Most experienced RTTY operators will stay at least 300-500 Hz away from the beacon. The m
Couple that with http://www.wu2x.com/sdr.html. Scott has modified the PowerSDR software for use as a bandscope that controls some other software. One note about the Softrock in this application. The
SO1R is the lazy person's contesting ... it is contesting with one hand tied behind one's back, listening with one ear and entering with half a mind. Competition is maximizing one's effort and result
Tom, The real equalizer, or entry level station, is no antennas above 50 (or 30 feet) and no antenna with more than 1/2 wave of total elements. That is an antenna system that almost anyone - even som