It is really nice to see this great exchange of opinions regarding a possible distance-based scoring system. Specially when it comes to DX Contests, such as the ARRL International DX Contest. DX in t
Kind of a selfish point of view. We down here do not complain about having a small time window to work USA on 160M , most probably just a couple of hours right before our sunrise most of the time. Bu
Excellent analysis Tom and I understand the situation in the US. On a world wide basis it's pretty different in most cases. Taking the ARRL DX test as an example. Consider a station here in LU, enter
I agree Tony. The same thing happens to us when we hear Caribbean Stations on 160 and 80 running at 200+Qs/hr and I guess not even in our dreams we can achieve that :-) Anyway, this thread has been r
Howdy Tom. An algorithm to level distance and path conditions certainly has nothing to do with the effort each individual spends in building his/her own station or the qualities/skills of the operato
Howdy Jeff. The link you provided is not working. The files can be located at http://www.k5tr.net/audio/n5tj/ * * By the way. Is there any other audio clips of yours out there? I'm sure all of us enj
Hello. The LU Contest Group (LUCG) will be putting together a few teams for CQ WW DX CW.(Nov 26,27 2011) Those entering SOAB categories who want to join one of the teams, please feel free to drop me
Hi guys. I had to contact a RBN server owner while ago, because LU stations seemed not to be spotted by his machine on any band. He told me that he had set up a filter for that purpose since there we
Hi Paul. Thank you for taking the time to reply. I've been operating in SOAB Assisted for the past five years, always SO2R from LP1H and I must agree with you, the sense of accomplishment when you fi
Well. Same question I had about SOAB(A) respect to MS. It seems to me that the effort needed to operate 48 hours non-stop is a little bit more in SOAB(A), than it is in MS, specially if the SOAB(A) i
... Hello Chris. Your opinion is solely based in your own perception of reality. But if you do the math (see below) your statement seems not to accurately represent it (reality). I did not do the num
As far as the statistics are concerned. All we need is the raw data. Not everything, but just: callsign, claimed score, final score, entry class. (That's what's already avialable today based on what
Luc you are a very generous guy indeed. And you are right about M2 too. Please understand than most of us are not criticizing the selection criteria. But some good discussion points came out of it. P
Thanks Randy for your prompt reply as usual. Vy 73. Martin, LU5DX _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman
Hi Hans. Problem is... An amateur radio contests, are a massive concentration of lids in a pretty short period of time. Though there are codes of conduct that apply. It remains one of the most cahoti
"...special forces..." Wow. Are you talking about a new cold war chapter here...or, maybe about planets that have "specially aligned" for this to happen? Have you read CQ News Room blog post. It says
Hi Braco. T Is Doug leaving as a log checker too? He is really good at log checking. So I hope that's not the case. Some other members left in the past without notice. In my case it's okay for me if
Simply great post Jeff. Great analogy with car racing. I really hope Paul now doesn't say that today's car racing driver are realtime computer assited hybrid drivers :-) They still have to be super s
Oh gosh Hans! You are a very smart guy, but please don't force Jeff's the argument, what you are exposing here is called a syllogism. It is widely used by lawyers and politicians world-wide. What you
Power abuse can be proved to some extent. Russian DX Contest committee have already taken steps in that direction. It goes without saying, packet abuse cannot be proved at all. Vy 73. Martin, LU5DX _