As the only station to get "beat" as an unassisted op by an assisted op for first place honors in the 6 "majors" listed for 2006, I believe that I can state my opinion on this subject. 1) I would lik
Slow Period between EU Sinrise and US Sunrise? Yes, and no. For me, it is the time to vacuum up 160 - 40 to the south and west. It is the time to work mults that could be unworkable to a low power op
While I believe that technically, internet based remote contesting might be achievable (seems like delays are an inhibiter right now), I am predicting that the practice would regulated out by the Con
Some great comments by a number of top operators on this subject...I don't consider myself one of them, but I will speak for myself. I enjoy pushing my limits. It keeps me feeling younger and energiz
Since we are skimming along the top of this subject right now and we know that "yes, RDXC will be used", then would someone mind sharing what ALL of the selection criteria will be? Is it going to be
Quoting from the ARRL Source that N0AX stated: "Furthermore, it is generally OK to make a quick pass through the log immediately after the contest looking for "obvious" typos such as entering CT as C
Here is some interesting info on ARRL DX CW relative to how many hours we are putting in: Top 40 SOAB HP Unassisted Scores 40 hours + 7 35 - 39 11 30 - 34 7 25 - 29 3 10 - 25 12 Top 40 SOAB LP Unassi
FYI... The data I mentioned was simply taken from the current 3830 reports. The hours in just about every case is listed next to the information. 73 Ed N1UR __________________________________________
This topic has always facinated me. For a few reasons. The main one is this: If a remote station exists in KP4. All Transmitters and antennas are connected by wires within a 500m circle or property b
Personally, I think this is a great idea to mitigate the HOA problem and contester/DXer needs in ham radio. More power to everyone doing it and hopefully, in years to come, there will not be a delay
I can offer the following real time observations: 1) I operated C6ARS in 2001 CQ WW CW and was amazed how many JAs were calling me late in the contest. They were more interested in DXing, than contes
I have no issue with Rick's "call to arms" for the M/M category. In fact, I think anyone running assisted should use Gerry's excellent site (nice work OM). Personally, I don't use Gerry's site for a
There has been A LOT of discussion on this reflector about the "incapability" of many to be competitive in 48 hour marathon contests. The suggestion has been made that 36 or 24 hour "categories be es
I am not a RTTY op so I can't comment on the need to listen or not. But I am a low power CW Contester, and as such, I spend more than my fair share of time CQing between 7030 - 7080, 14060 - 14100, a
Ev, Not many share your definition of: "The casual contester (my definition) will find "yeah, but..." loopholes. The contesting purist (my definition) will "put the pencil down" because "the test is
Feeding at the top will result in Horizontal Polarization and with the apex only at 70 feet, not desirable results for DX/Contesting. In fact, I would argue that you would be better off with the inve
I can certainly appreciate the concern of working 100s and 100s of Qs that are of no point or mult value for stations. It IS a question that deserves discussion. To me however, the 80% solution is so
Andrei - I agree with Craig. I also was shocked the first few serious CQ WW contest I did in my second round of ham contesting starting in 1997 (first was 1977 - 1984). There is no harder NET score o
I have never done a sprint contest so I will comment on this thread generically as an experienced but still improving SO2R operator. In my opinion, the CQ answer always gets the priority over working
I disagree with the conclusion of the discussion by N2IC. It is the US hams responsibility to know where to transmit. It is not a foreign ham's responsibility to "not tempt US hams" out of band. If o