Hard to imagine how the rules will cover this topic. The concept of unassisted operating is really getting blurred on this concept. Is the thought that IMing will also be considered "assisted"? Is th
David, First of all, you guys ran a first class show down there. Nice work! In response to your comment about the contest committees, I can tell you that I made a formal compaint to one of the 2 Majo
I must admit I find some of the comments on this interesting. Before commenting on some of the responses, I will state that I like the 48 hour time. Its a contest, lets not water it down. However, if
No objection to the discussion of a sprint within a contest but isn't there already a contest that levels the playing field rather nicely for the Midwest boys? Its called the WPX contest and the SSB
Steve, Great to hear that you are upgrading your station. As a competitive Low Power contester using less than a 50 foot tower, I would like to offer a couple of suggestions: - For 40 meters, I would
I heard it mentioned a number of times this contest season and I have observed it myself over the past few years (including a SOSB 20 effort from 9M6A in CQ WW SSB). The JA activity has really droppe
David, Interesting...do you find many of them are CQing and I am just not hearing many? Or are they coming back to you CQing? Ed N1UR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailin
I have heard this go on now for days. In my opinion, some people should be less interested in what others are doing to "cheat" from their perspective and more interested in improving themselves and t
Maybe we can actually merge this into a solution to the self spotting thread by considering the following proposal: OPT-IN! By utilizing the server idea and realizing that almost all ops utilizing "p
I need to echo Bill and Chuck's comments on this. I was minimal, but effective SO2R, for years. Main rig, TS530, 2nd radio IC706 (doubled as mobile and DXpedition rig), homebrew speaker/mic/key box,
Bob, Thanks for clarifying the statement on single callsign on multiple bands clarification of the rules and the committee. I know that I can speak for this entire reflector and say that we would all
Hate to tell you guys, but if you think that the rest of us are going to stand-by and respect "your frequency" while there is dead air caused by your Orion re-booting, or you dropping 2 or 3 more tim
Like everyone else, I have an opinion but, I haven't heard much of where I come at this. I consider myself a reasonably accomplished SO2R operator but not expert. I have a very simple home station co
You can't control who's spotting and who's manipulating it but really, who cares. People who spend time spotting themselves and chasing spots (legally or illegally from a rules standpoint) have never
Guys, maybe I am in the minority, but I enjoy contesting because of the challenges of operating the RADIO not starring at a computer screen. I fail to get as excited about contesting becoming better
Guys, How many of these "hey, wait a minute, I didn't spot this guy???" testimonials do we need to hear before we accept there is a major problem here and shift to: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
If you want to get an idea of how wide spread the self spotting problem is, do a search on DX Summit for your own call and check the "any column" button. DX Summit shows a spot by N1UR in the ARRL DX
Continuing on with that story, when the ever learning young buck realizes that, while the technology advantage may be a nice equalizer vs. the lacking years of experience, it doesn't seem to actually
Guys, before this thread gets out of hand in a hurry, there needs to be a quick primer on what a Trademark is and isn't. I looked up this trademerk on one of the best government web sites on the plan
I support anyone's right to decide who they want to QSO in a contest. Clearly the one's who make this choice aren't caring whether they win, they are making a political statement. Good for them. Pers