Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:02:06 -0700 (PDT)
The case for "unfair advantage" is based on others not knowing the circumstances under which someone else competed. The solution is to assure that all major factors that impact score are revealed in
If you knew this about each participant...you could easily compare your results to other similarly equipped stations. Are there any other factors that I may have overlooked? Probably the biggest one
Oh boy. Thus far, this is the silliest discussion on contesting.com for the year 2006. The recent "Yuri-bleating" was close to garnering an honorable mention, but it's really just more of the same th
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:55:30 -0700 (PDT)
Only in the traditional sense, Bob. This thread is intended to reach deeper into the radiosporting activity to realize that the administration of today's events categorizes very broadly. There are en
Jim makes a good point, and I have often wondered how the geographical differences weighed in, have tried many times to study the "other" station and learn. Without taking to stand that nothing west
Ev, The problem is that we're mixing "apples" (operators) and "oranges" (hardware). You are asserting that the *hardware* an operator might use should differentiate between *operator* categories and
The real "differences" already have real categories (ie power, geographic region, # of ops....). The rest are called "excuses" (ie SO2R, time in chair, band limitations, tower only XX feet..). Very e
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:09:41 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Bob, I'm not sure that we're in disagreement at all. I believe that there are many factors that affect score. The idea is to identify all of the items that are not skill-based and reveal them. Wha
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:28:22 -0700 (PDT)
Sort of, Blake. But don't forget that High Power is quite a broad range (see ARRL Rules for HF contests)... "2.1.3.3.High Power: More than 150-W PEP output (see rule 1.3)." A station running 150-w i
Sure there is - I run two radios in the VHF contests that I do single op just like I do in the HF contests. Yes. You can cover two bands at a time. Generally you call CQ on one radio and you tune the
There are peers, and then there are peers. When I enter vhf contests as a m/s-limited I know I am up against full power stations with big amps and good preamps and more bands than I have... but I ent
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Your statement shows you do not understand two radio operation. Here it is in a nutshell: When using two or more radios, the operator can listen during 100% of
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:26:15 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, George. I had one of those "duh, of course" moments with your reply. I'm often calling CQ on 6-meters, while listening on the rover-liaison frequency on 2-meters, while also listening on 2m F
W6WRT said: "Your statement shows you do not understand two radio operation". I'm Sorry Bill, but you are incorrect. I happen to know a lot about it, and I have been using more than one radio on and
Ev, you're championing an underclass of people running 151 watts that does not exist. The rule was designed to separate people who run exciters only from people who use an amplifier. Virtually all p
I'd like to see the studies you reference Bill. Are they available anywhere? Ken K4ZW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.c
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Your comments are correct for CW and phone, but I am primarily a RTTY contester and I should have made that clear. Sorry. For RTTY contesting, it is easy to co
There's another aspect of SO2R that makes it less useful than you might think -- SO2R is only useful when you have a band that you can effectively CQ on, and other bands that are effective for S&P at
Bill, RTTY contesting is clearly a different animal. I also have made comments previously on rtty contesting, apparently in agreement with your concerns, that some of the practices and technology may
Having extensive experience and early experience I need to inject another reason that limits the effectiveness of using two radios or two receivers during DX contests -- specifically the fatigue fact