I only get emotional about this because the myth will not go away. Uniques happen. They are not removed from the log. They count for points. End. This applies to contests sponsored by CQ, ARRL, IARU,
I suppose this discussion is all fine and good but how many of the "/QRP" sending types do you figure are reading postings on CQ-Contest? 73, Mike K9NW _______________________________________________
I kind of cringe when these ops are referred to as "Bozo." These are the same ops we all want in our log in Sweepstakes, NAQP, WPX, etc. Most likely a large number of these guys are just trying to h
At the risk of prolonging a thread that has already been pummelled into the earth with extreme prejudice: How would you propose to address the small percentage of ops that, for one reason or another
As a few other have hinted, the problem is not the busted spots. The problem is ops who mindlessly jump all over the busted spots without even a mental reality check before doing so. 73, Mike K9NW _
If this were indeed the case, there'd be a big hubbub about this with regard to ARRL 10M, ARRL DX, ARRL RTTY, CQ 160, etc. There hasn't been. Bring on DC in the NAQP. 73, Mike K9NW _________________
I don't think so. There wasn't much computer logging being done when I started playing this game in the late 70s/early 80s but my logs indicate pretty much universal 59(9) reports. So it started way
It seems they've been ok with the time change during CQWW Phone in the past so I think all is fine. 73, Mike K9NW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@c
For contesters in call areas 8, 9 and 0 I've put together a set of "Top 5" records for the CQWW Contests from 1978 to present, covering virtually all possible categories: All Band, Single Band, Multi
Do the FCC regs specifically state "/W*"?? (Sorry...I haven't looked....) Otherwise it seems K or N would be equally valid, and by extension, so should NV4 as all are valid callsign prefixes in the
While reading through the RTTY WPX stories on 3830, something jumped out at me. CQ WPX RTTY has single ops work 30 out of 48 hours. CQ WPX CW and Phone has single ops work 36 out of 48 hours. Just wo
May I also offer that rules proposals should consider that not everyone who participates in a contest is a contester. 73, Mike K9NW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
VO1HE asked: It was widely known - and accepted - that most of the SS Top 10 from 25-30 years ago was employing SO2R tactics in some manner or another. There were NCJ articles describing various swit
This is exactly what I did when I worked 4O3A Saturday. And for those who will quibble about whether "59(9)" should be replaced with something more "meaningful" - this topic isn't about that so pleas
Great! Very nice! That's not the point. The point is that the contest exchange, as currently written in the contest rules, is RS(T) report and serial number. I'm going to guess that stations like 8P
Ranko, I've made two postings on this topic. In neither of them did I say anything about removing QSOs from my log. I don't play that way. We had a valid QSO. 73, Mike K9NW _________________________
I was QRV in 2007 CQWW SSB as FM/K9NW. Open logs are a wonderful thing as I was able to look up all the NILs in my UBN/NIL report. My NIL report showed my log getting dinged for the following: - A fe
Making QSOs in contests. 73, Mike K9NW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
(Apologies in advance that this isn't about rules minutiae or cheating.....) It seems worthy to note that the 2008 CQWW contests had over 10,000 logs submitted! See eHam article at: http://www.eham.n
For any TR4W users out there: Is there a way to import an old .DAT TRLog file into TR4W? I can make TR4W create a TRLog-style .DAT but can't find if I can load in an old log to play with in TR4W. Tha