Years ago VY1CW wrote a letter to NCJ where he mentioned hearing lots of guys in Sweepstakes the previous weekend calling "CQ VE8" or "CQ SS looking for VE8." He kept tuning....he wasn't a VE8. He wa
Huge advantage for which contesters? So far this discussion seems to have mostly leaned toward the viewpoint of ops from "this side" of things. How about the guys on the "other side" of things, the
Please cite SPECIFIC examples including pertinent details. Mike K9NW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mai
Too much verbage and junk to process or interpret.....and my attorney is on holiday. Suddenly SOAB UNassisted sounds almost trivial! 73, Mike K9NW _______________________________________________ CQ-C
Perhaps a short synopsis of what actually occurred might be appropriate. What did you send? What did he reply with? Different ops end QSOs with different methods. So if one does so in a method not t
DC as a mult in NAQP....why? A better question might be "Why not?" Please offer compelling arguments as to why this would be a bad thing for NAQP? But..... - Spare us the "records would be destroyed"
The end of the world was predicted with the rare conflict of ARRL RTTY Roundup and NAQP CW earlier this year. It didn't happen that way but within the discussion someone noted the mostly open territ
I don't think this is permitted under ARRL DX rules. Now if it was CQWW it might be, depending on who is adjudicating the scores in a particular year. One year, especially if it's merely W9s, it wil
There seems to be a perception that one of these is, in some way, more "pure" than the other. Why? What's the difference if you have a 400 hour from 0000z to 0059z, or a 400 hour from 0003z to 0102z
Yes....many, and possibly all, popular general logging programs have a look-up feature that can be set to automatically query QRZ.COM or other online call databases each time a QSO is entered. While
With this talk about new sections/multipliers, I think what NN3W may have hinted at is: Why is DC not a multiplier in the NAQP? I asked this same question a few years ago and got exactly one answer t
I've been surprised at some of the response to this seemingly simple question. You'd think I was proposing a complete restructuring of the NAQP. Perhaps I should have just asked "Why would this be ba
Sweepstakes Sunday: Boring you to death for 80 years. Here's to another happy, healthy (and boring) 80 years of Sweepstakes Sunday! (Maybe if you ask him real nice, VE3NEA will create SS Runner and y
I suspect a "24 Hour" category would show very positive numbers initially. I'm doubtful there would be this sudden surge of "Casual Joe" type ops (they typically get on when they get on) but maybe a
I don't quite get this vindictive contesting thing. What a royal waste of your time. If the other guy doesn't quite measure up to your standard - whether that be cut numbers, sending too fast, sendin
The very future of contesting itself hinges on stamping out such egregious transgressions as "please copy" and "/qrp". It's nice to see people addressing this critical issue. 73, Mike K9NW __________
I think Ted Wells is available. With his "Deflategate" report now in the books, may he can be hired to conduct an independent investigation into the 2014 CQWW CW. DQgate? 73, Mike K9NW ______________
Let's see some real data to back up these proposals. CQWW logs are available. Crunch the numbers and publish the results. 73, Mike K9NW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail