"Encouraged" does not mean "Required" !
If you can't reasonably do it with your station hardware, it's okay.
It's not going to hurt you in the results.
Relax and just enjoy contesting.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 07/27/2017 09:25 AM, Mike Ritz wrote:
What about guys that want to do a contest using older radios (such as a vintage
Drake C line, for example), and can't get that kind of resolution with an
analog dial?
73;
Mike
W7VO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Edmonds" <dave@pkministrywebs.com>
To: "Bart Jahnke, W9JJ" <w9jj@arrl.org>
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 7:09:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Contest Changes for 2017-2018 - Sept QST p91
HI Bart,
I read through the ARRL contest changes and one change related to my normal
contest operation.
*"Logged frequency*: HF contest entries competing for awards as category
leaders *are encouraged to* specify frequency with a 1 kHz resolution. This
is standard practice for other top contests, and assists with log checking."
I operate contests without my old IC-751 being interfaced with my N3FJP
logging program. The software creates a Cabrillo log which includes the
band in kc only... i.e. 3500, 7000, 14000 etc. I just took a quick look at
the N3FJP sw for the ARRL DX contest and I don't see a way for me to
manually enter the exact frequency for each contact.
Does anyone know if I can enter the frequency for each contact manually
into N3FJP sw?
I'm glad that you're not requiring the exact frequency for each contact
like other contests do.
73s Dave WN4AFP
On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Jahnke, Bart, W9JJ <w9jj@arrl.org> wrote:
All,
For the 2017-2018 Contest Season, ARRL has announced in the upcoming
September QST (p91) a few changes to reflect current "best practices" in
the contest community and help us improve the quality of the competition
and reporting of results.
Some of the subjects discussed in the announcement include:
- Increased focus on online log submissions via web app as we
phase out email Robots.
- Shortening log submission deadlines to help get the log data
into log checking more quickly.
- Encouraging in HF competition that logs use 1 kHz accuracy for
improved log checking.
- Making all logs public, once the contest results are made
public.
- Club Competition (discussion of past seasons updates and
improvements).
- Remote-Controlled-Station contest entries.
The announcement can be viewed at http://www.arrl.org/arrl-
contests-changes-for-2017-2018
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
73,
Bart Jahnke, W9JJ
Contest Branch Manager
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm)
225 Main St
Newington CT 06111
860-594-0232
w9jj@arrl.org
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