[CQ-Contest] Upcoming: 56th WAEDC CW

[Pete Smith]

Well, the way I do it is to wait till N1MM shows 10 available, and then 
give them to the next guy who asks after that.  Pretty random.

Granted, it gets annoying on Sunday when every station who calls us 
non-Europeans asks for QTCs.  More or less by definition, only 1 in 10 
Eu stations gets QTCs from any given non-Eu.  Nothing to be done about 
that.  Just keep saying "NIL", guys.

Another side-note -- Since there is no distinction between Assisted and 
Un-assisted in this contest, it could be a good time to try out the 
Reverse Beacon Network Telnet feed - just point your contest logger to 
telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000.  With the RBN you can be pretty 
sure of getting to that Es opening on 10, or finding some of the weird 
15M openings that come along.

You may find the flood of spots a little overwhelming at times - one 
solution is to use DXSpider's filtering capabilities to restrict spots 
to RBN stations in your own locality, or use your logging software's own 
filters.

73, Pete N4ZR

The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000


On 8/13/2010 3:24 PM, Barry Merrill wrote:
> What is the righteous way to dispense my QTC points?
> Can it be done fairly?
> Should I give them only to friends?
> Should I save them until late in the contest and then
> give them out only to "serious" stations with high QSO
> counts?
> How does one morally support the giving of a bunch of
> points to only selected stations?
>
> 73
>
> Barry, W5GN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of DL8WPX
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 1:35 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Upcoming: 56th WAEDC CW
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> Just a small reminder:
>
> This weekend we start the 56th season of the famous Worked All Europe DX
> Contest with the CW part. I'd like to invite everyone, even if time perhaps
> only permits a few of hours at the radio filled with fun... And that's what
> it is actually all about, isn't it?
>
> Please remember:
> Many Europeans will be looking for some QTCs too.
>
> Have a nice weekend and enjoy,
>
> Best 73 de Joerg, HB9/DL8WPX
> WAE DX Contest Manager
>
>
>
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