-- Original Message -- I agree. I finally put a 'TU' before the grid in my macro and that seems to help also. Some guys come back so fast with the grid square only I'd miss the first letter and have
Paul, I've seen reports for the June VHF QSO party where QSO's were busted for incorrectly reporting (or otherwise incorrectly transcribing) a multiplier. Again, I say Bravo ARRL and ARRL volunteers.
History provides us with valuable lessons. After years of the FCC "looking the other way", Riley Hollingsworth stepped in to bring structure and consistancy to the general operations of the hobby. Th
<humor> As a guest speaker at last year's Contest University, Dave Pruitt (K8CC) explained that - as far as the contests that he adjudicates for the ARRL are concerned - all on-air exchanged informat
You can find the example for the QSO entries for the Stew Perry at this link: http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/stew.txt -- You can also find examples for the QSO entries for the Stew Perry at this l
Lacking a DTD, Cabrllo can be anything to anyone. Much confusion can (and does) result. Tree innocently uncovered a case-in-point with the Stew Perry contest. It is with the *greatest* respect for th
-- Original Message -- I did notice that EN was often interpreted as R. So it is a good idea to make the S&P response as "TU EN 91" rather than just "EN 91". -- Y'all can improve your skills simply b
Please write robots to parse on character position, not "space delimited". Please? Doing so eliminates a major flaw in some robot submittal systems like the one we just got done discussing (the Stew
-- Original Message -- I am sorry the BARC is making people lie. It seemed like the best "solution" given the paramters. And many thanks to the 400 or so of you who actually figure out how to do this
I love it. I have always though in the VHF contests that we should do something similar - like 2 meters at 14 past, 222 at 22 past, and 432 at 43 past... Six meters at 50 past. -- There was a similar
-- Original Message -- May I make a small suggestion? Why not put an RST of "00(0)" in the submitted log instead? -- In this case, the Cabrillo-spec doesn't view RST as a placeholder. A placeholder,
All times are "local". I have no idea how this plays in areas where time zones meet, I'm afraid ... but it is an excellent strategy to "mop up" with stations that said "432 later", etc. 50-MHz @ 6:00
-- Original Message -- MOST interesting. (and disappointing) Strangely enough, I've *never* received an email of that type. -- As fortune has it, today I received an e-mail from a station who I worke
-- Original Message -- Then why not state in the rules: Check (the last two digits made up at random) It seems pretty straightforward what the check is. I cannot see why some people are so resistant
I will echo some of Hank's observations and add a couple. I recently got a computer desk, where the monitor portion is sunk...down. I *love* it as it keeps my neck from aching because it places the m
This is *really* funny. It reminds me of the people that listen to their automobile GPS's when they say "turn left here" and end up driving on to somone's lawn. <giggle> Rick said, "I don't see anyt
Has anyone ever compiled a chart of the various contests (maybe using the 'BNM list?) and their popularity as defined by the number of submitted logs? I'm not sure how to go about putting something l
-- Original Message -- An algorithm could be used to provide an "adjustment" factor... Yes, please, and before most of us are no longer on the planet. -- I'm not sure that this is a "League problem".
Once again: is there any problem with publishing the individual operation times in the score lists (without changing anything in maximum duration or categories)? -- Is there some way to automatically
Modifying one's log after the event has ended is unethical. Ev,W2EV If, *during* the contest, you thought to yourself, "Gee, I bet I mistyped 0 for O in that call" or made a note in the log to review