Wouldn't a DX contest be really fun if you could only work a DX station only once and not on multiple bands? NOT!!! That pretty much sums up what I think about the current Sweepstakes rules. I'm not
Restricting stations to working only once in the contest does some great things. - It makes it possible for an entrant to be competitive from year to year regardless of the band conditions. - It make
There are plenty of small stations doing well in the SS. Some even win their categories - give it a try next time. Some have - and there are things I do not like about some changes that have occurred
Many more people operate the ARRL November SS CW than operate in the North American QSO Parties. Want proof? Jan NAQP CW top claimed QSOs, 1699, with multiple band QSOs allowed. 10 hours. 2017 CW SS
Well, then perhaps your leaves need raking that weekend. -- 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesti
I believe I still have the WNY SS Phone record. That year I had just put up my tower and the only antenna I had was an 80/40 meter trap dipole up at 80 feet. Nothing else. So I geared my strategy ar
Hans, You seem to be a pretty smart guy. Before you start making comments like that maybe you should look at the past results. I support Sweepstakes even though I don't necessarily like the rules.
George. You make some great points but I have a different perspective as someone who has always had a small station. I have no expectations of winning anything nationally and it's an added bonus if
Such a fundamental change to SS would not be an update, but a completely different contest that happens to have the same name. No. Tweaking SS rules is one thing. Fundamentally changing the contest,
Author: ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 09:47:30 -0400
NAQP is structured for the Elite. SS is for everybody. Please don't change SS. K1TN/4 On the contrary, the NA Sprints, with their high powered jump balls, are for the Elite. NAQP is for the masses. S
The arguments in the NCJ editorial seemed to be focused on CW and were not very compelling. I see a new editor looking to stir up some conversation and content. Based on the reflector traffic so far,
On 03/18/2018 11:16 AM, w2lc@twcny.rr.com wrote: From WNY you cannot work much of anything within 500 miles on 20, 15 or 10 unless there is sporadic E. In other words on 20m I cannot work W1, W2, W3,
I'm perplexed by some of the comments on this subject. I'm not proposing counting multipliers for each band. (like NAQP) Only allowing QSO's on different bands. So I guess what I don't understand is
Jeff: Thanks for that info. I've always (well since I've been aware of it, which is only a few years) thought that RU was "ARRL SS RTTY" and wondered why they didn't do the exchange. Didn't realize t
Ria: True you can't decode by ear, but unlike the WSJT/WSJT-X modes, you are (or at least I am) still using my ears to pick out what to work when I'm S&P, and even sometimes when running if I have a
I don't receive the NCJ so I have not read the article. What I gather is that most people feel that the SSB part of the contest is ok but the CW part is not. If most people feel that SSB fine the w
Author: Bill via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:33:29 -0400
Lots of common sense in this post. The main problem remains. CW is a dying art and the FCC put that concept in high gear with no-code licenses. People no longer have to, and most don't want to learn
I never though you were suggesting mults per band. Didn't you write this same message a few days ago? Did you not read the messages I and others posted about this? Doing this would change the contest
As someone that SS was his first contest ever done. Way back in 1975. I can not believe all the crabbing about this. Wow, they complain about it being slow on Sunday. I do not ever remember hearing a