[CQ-Contest] Checklog Charlie

[Albert Crespo]

In Win Test, it logs VFO A. Thus  all simplex logs both receive and TX. If on split one uses VFO A for TX, it will log the TX frequency. Not rocket science.

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> On 9 May 2015, at 12:05, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> W2LC wrote:
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> "Neither my radio or software is capable of logging the transmit frequency
> for 
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> me, so does that mean I can no longer submit a log for CQWW?  
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> The software is not the big issue but the radio is. What is the cost of
> adding 
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> my transmit frequency to my log? About $5k USD for a good radio decent
> filters 
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> and other accessories. Is that the price of entry into CQWW?  Quite honestly
> my 
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> older radio still works pretty well and I do not see getting many more QSOs
> due 
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> to a new radio. The ROI would be very low.
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> Is it now the policy of the CQWW committee to say to older radio users "we 
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> don't want you in this contest"?"
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> Actually, since you already have an older radio, the cost of good clean
> FT1000MP with decent filters on the used market is about $1,400.  And for
> $100 you can buy virtually any contest software. So the real need is more
> like $1,500 - not $5,000.
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> And the point of it, if required, would not be that you can't participate in
> the contest and submit your log, but rather you might not be eligible for
> significant awards.
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> I think that the separation of the 6,000+ entrants that are enjoying
> themselves from the 1,000 that are truly competing would be a good thing for
> the sport.  Requiring those that are actually "in it to compete and do well"
> something that is completely unnecessary for the rest of the crowd is fine
> if someone knows it's the "price of admission" to be a competitor.  Nothing
> in this world worth competing for is cheap to play in or easy to win.  Why
> should radiosport be any different?
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> Ed  N1UR
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