You guys are giving me so many reasons to take my top of the honour role certificate and burn it. It was bad enough when the ARRL allowed one to move from one side of the country to the other and sti
Mike, Review the history of the DXCC award. You will find that in the past when one changed call districts, or moved greater than 150 miles one had to start all over. Quote from 1975 rules: " 9) All
Maybe those who wish to destroy the hobby should certainly move along. Doug --Original Message-- Maybe those that no longer get enjoyment out of the hobby should move along. I happen to think it is j
When you carefully look at the current rule 9, it also penalizes people who move. As an example suppose one lived near the border of an European country, and moved across the border into the neighbou
We should expect/demand when someone makes a public error that they publically admit that an error had been made, publically correct the error(s) rather than as Tom says "The usual policy is the auth
Unfortunately that is not true. Posts to CQ Contest and some other ham lists are screened by the moderator. The only person who gets to read all the posts is the moderator. The moderator decides whi
Forwarded from Topband. The beginning of the end. How do we stop this? --Original Message-- Hello Brendan, Perhaps this thread is too old, but I only now came across it, sorry if the subject has been
I was trying to think of a name to call the constant, unending calling, but you came up with a good one ... calling disease. For me this disease was much worse than the unIDs. I sometimes wonder if t
I am all for split operation to reduce the 'calling disease' outbreak. As I mentioned in my earlier post, quite often my exchange was covered up by stronger US stations constantly calling. Using spli
I think your first sentence is the correct procedure; forget about the other choices. Send his callsign and report and then tell him that he will not be entered in the log because ... Simple as that.
I was waiting for someone to take this to it's logical conclusion. But it isn't happening. Why send the signal report at all? The logging programs already default to 59/599. At the minimal since cut
And what about all the stations that logged the signal report less contact with me? Are they going to loose points ... I don't think so. That rule is obviously not applied. So why are so many hell be
When is a rule not a rule? When it has become the unspoken rule or common sense rule, that it is OK not to send a signal report and still not lose the contact points. Doug signal ____________________
Why hand out ANY report when I don't lose any contest points by not handing out a signal report. Some just don't get it. You don't need to send a signal report to get the points. So why mindlessly do
Let me give you an example of a real rule pertaining to speed limits since you referenced it. The posted speed limit here on some highways is 100 kmph. That is the posted rule. Now if I get clocked a
Do as you wish. I will make one last attempt to get my point across to you. In a CQ contest, if I choose to not to give out a signal report in the exchange, I will still get credit for that contact a
for errors or omissions on your end". So in a case where I don't send a signal report or even don't send a zone the contact is still valid for points. Omissions do not result in a deleted QSO. So if
In the year 2025 Everyone will be at the top of the DXCC Honour Role Cause all countries/entities will have remote links with a radio and antennas assisted by skimmers In the year 2035 You won't need
** You answered your own question ... the station is in a different country. Traditionally the operator was in the same country as was the station. ** Those two thoughts are completely unrelated and
It just becomes another tool for cheaters to exploit. The 'slippery slope' argument states that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect