[CQ-Contest] Checklog Charlie

[Joe]

I don't ever see in the next decade or even more any contest sponsor 
requiring this. Unless they want to cut the participation level.
I know I wouldn't be able to enter

Drake TR-4  or Kenwood TS-430S

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On 5/9/2015 9:34 AM, Mike Reublin NF4L wrote:
> I'm missing something here. How is it the fault of the rig that xmit freq. isn't logged? Any modern rig is capable of supplying the frequency of both VFOs. It's a trivial matter for the software to request it. It just isn't tradition.
>
> If the contest sponsors require it, the programmers will include it. Course you'd also have to know if split was on.
>
> 73, Mike NF4L
>   
>> On May 9, 2015, at 7:05 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> W2LC wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> "Neither my radio or software is capable of logging the transmit frequency
>> for
>>
>> me, so does that mean I can no longer submit a log for CQWW?
>>
>>
>>
>> The software is not the big issue but the radio is. What is the cost of
>> adding
>>
>> my transmit frequency to my log? About $5k USD for a good radio decent
>> filters
>>
>> and other accessories. Is that the price of entry into CQWW?  Quite honestly
>> my
>>
>> older radio still works pretty well and I do not see getting many more QSOs
>> due
>>
>> to a new radio. The ROI would be very low.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it now the policy of the CQWW committee to say to older radio users "we
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ed  N1UR
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