I am traveling this weekend so am not on SS this weekend. I happened to check DX Summit this morning and saw the following "example spot" K8ZHU 7032.6 W3PP de ... need ve4, vo1, yt, ewa 1308 Who are
What's really a dead horse is the whole assisted discussion in general and now it is trying to "infringe" on those of us who don't want anything to do with assisted. When we start saying that a non-a
Welcome to contesting. You may be interested to hear about my progression of increased scores and standings which runs completely counter to the theory that SO2R is worthy of a new category. I have b
As a multiple time winner of the USA SOAB LP categories in ARRL DX, CQWW, and WPX contests, I personally will never connect to Getscores.org. I personally believe that ONE of the factors that impacte
Its not because of fear Felipe. And not because I would be watching it. In my opinion, its not in the spirit of unassisted contesting. I am sure that the little/medium guys don't need my score to hel
N2IC's posting is exactly why I disagree with getscores for SOAB Unassisted. Also, there is much dialog about K1TTT as an example of a M/M and what you can gain by using getscores. I can specifically
Similar arguments could be made of DX Summit. Surfing over to it and looking cannot be directly detected. Only what someone does with it has a chance of being detected. The sponsors should make a rul
For 2 radio S & P for me, its all about total speed and it changes constantly throughout the contest. I use low power but relatively big antennas. I can sweep a band sometimes at 70 - 90 rate S & Pin
I think it should be a requirement that anyone proposing a change to a contest have spent at least 500Q - 24 hour effort in said contest. There are many people on this reflector who spend much more t
I don't know about the rest of y'all but I have never been dinged any points in the ARRL test for having the wrong power in the exchange. What's the issue? Ed N1UR ___________________________________
If anyone using this program could help me on this. The program does not want to automatically fill in 59 or 599 for the received exchange. What am I missing for this to happen? This program work gre
I think that this is the greatest technology advancement of the decade for DX contesting. Keep your flippin' skimmers and give me more mults in WW and ARRL DX and IARU!! There are many great DX stati
Too many good topics, too little time. I personally would rather see WPX go to 48 like the other big contests. When I devote myself to a contest weekend, I like to be IN THE CHAIR, not staring at the
As many of you know, I have been busy DXing for the past week and a half so I have had not had a chance to comment on these interesting topics. Personally, I think that a Skimmer populating a bandmap
The argument that "if you can't detect people cheating, then make it legal for that category" has no basis in contesting as we know it. Various power levels exist now, how do you know? Because honora
One of the biggest shocks to me coming out of the dialog on skimmer is the realization that people are routinely using CW decoders to do CW contesting and somehow considering that "unassisted" alread
My experience in discussions with young people has been the opposite of the "CW decoding will keep CW alive longer" position. CW is about the worst data mode imaginable. PSK31 is waaaaaay better as a
I read with great interest Dave's post on a newbie skimmer experience having not tried or heard it myself. One thing that I wanted to comment on was the packet experience vs finding mults. As a Low P
Does anyone want to argue that using a "Code Reader" is NOT assistance. I can think of no greater poster child for DEFINING Assistance than a code reader. Lets just put an end to the endless debate b
You can't be serious Barry. Is it more fun to sit in an arcade game and pretend to drive a Ferrari at 180 or to actually sit in one and "take 'r arounf the track" even though you can only do it at 14