I agree with Mike. M/S - the old CQ style - was fun, and took some thought and strategy. M/S - the new CQ style - well, it's turned it into an ARRL style M/S class with prefix's for a mult. Not as mu
So if the end result is that none of this will matter in terms of participation .... Why change? Is this change being made to keep the critics (nice way to define them) quiet? K8DD -- "I knew that Go
I agree with that statement! That could never happen .... The scores will be to high - the numbers too big in both total score and multiplier count - and take up too much space in the results. CQ wou
So you don't ask some one to "call CQ while I go <do whatever>". So you set the CQ repeat to 1.1 seconds and go <do whatever>. I'd never admit to the former ...... Hank K8DD -- "I knew that God put m
In the second round of the "2 letter call" program they were free and you could put in for up to 26 choices. No VanityHQ web sites. No web sites, so all we had to go by was the call book and QST Sile
I took a look at that site, and it was helpful. It looks to me like is really counter-productive to their petition. We all know the major contests are on weekends. Everyone knows that. Even the MMSN!
humor Of course it is time for an evaluation of the scoring rules. Doesn't this happen the week or two after most every contest? We just HAVE to level the playing field by changing the rules. /humor
Me too ...... I'm behind the same curve ...... But it does say "Disqualification of an entrant in any CQ contest will lead to check-log status in all CQ contests for a period of one year." But it doe
To error is to be receiving a 1 or 3 QSO penalty. Unless it's Sweepstakes, and then you can eliminate the band information. (But I'm not going to try that one!) K8DD _________________________________
It's really a good thing that there was not much in the way of internet when the NCJ Sprint rules were announced. Just consider those QSY rules as a new contest today. The ARRL Rookie Contest thread
But if I forget what was in the email before I get back to the radio, does it count an assisted or forgetful? Amazing the things you think of after coming off a 4 hr shift on 15M running NA! K8DD / Y
I worked a couple who kept sending only "QRP QRP QRP" every time I'd send TU. They were a couple of UT's who apparently wanted to get in the YN2WW log. I think they were the only ones who ID'ed with
And along the same path ..... How about the DX stations who call DX stations in ARRL DX Contest? We had a couple dozen. Some got logged with DX as the state and some are blank (forced the QSO). Do we
And when I use Del-Ta Del-Ta for phonetics I get a lot of Alpha Delta's from DX stations. When they realize it's "DD", they come back with Denmark Denmark. But If I use Denmark Denmark ..... they don
If I ever hear "Kilomockingbird One TangoinParis NovemberSweepstakes" on SSB, I will respond with "Knickerbocker Eight Djibouti Djibouti" <over> -- "I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the
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