Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 06:53:38 -0800
It should be obvious to most now that packet presents serious challenges to fair play in radiosport. Not only is the use of packet spots by an operator who claims to be unassisted a problem, but the
Like somebody mentioned before using a DX cluster and claiming unassisted is nothing compared to cheating on other stuff - excessive power and so on. I hope that somewhere in the near future we will
I don't doubt that being spotted helps rates. I wonder the extent to which spots reach saturation, however. This raises an interesting question: by what mechanism do we make operators responsible for
Easy solution. TURN IT OFF!!!! Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
9A6XX added: Like somebody mentioned before using a DX cluster and claiming unassisted is nothing compared to cheating on other stuff - excessive power and so on. A few more dB just on the transmit s
If you could turn it off, which you can't, you would drive even more casual ops away from your contests. Haven't you done enough of that? http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest _____
It would be interesting to correlate the spots with actually contest-pedition logs to see if indeed there was a spike in the rate. I have no issues with cheerleading as long as it is not done by thos
QSLs to only those who entered a log in the contest? ban casual ops? AWA does just that mike w7dra who is telling EVERYONE he will be ZK1DRA in CQWW and ARRL160 spot me! spot me! spot me! ___________
I'm looking for contest logging software (before CQWW CW) that will - 1. Self-spot every time I press F1. 2. Spot the other station every time I log a QSO. We have the technology - let's put it to go
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:41:30 -0800
I believe it happens _a lot_ in the larger contest clubs. Check out this example from 2002: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2002-03/msg00080.html This happened more-or-less spon
At 16:58 09.11.2004, Mike Fatchett wrote: It would be interesting to correlate the spots with actually contest-pedition logs to see if indeed there was a spike in the rate. Everybody who went on a DX
There is one major flaw Ken, at what point will be "allowed" to spot someone? Once? Twice? Once per band? How about the ARRL 10 contest, once per mode? 5 times? What? What if I signed on with a fake
Hi Ken: Is there a SINGLE contest with a rule against "Cheerleading" spots? I can't think of one offhand. Also, a lot of the spotting may be being done by casual participants who don't care much abou
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:41:39 -0800
There is none at present. This is a relatively new phenomenon on the packet cluster network. It's only been two or three years since I first noticed it, and ZF2MM in early 2002 was the first to reall
I hate to post a public reply to a private message, but I started rambling (is it age that causes this to happen???) and this just got too good to keep between the two of us... To really understand t
I get such a kick out of the complete absurdity of this sentiment. Yes, it's admirable to want to be a 'pure' amateur radio operator. I support wholeheartedly this person's desire to go back to basi
Good day, all: I thought this was a key point! I don't want to see the contest organizers do ANYTHING to discourage casual operators. After we work the serious guys in the first few hours, what would
I have to respectfully disagree that this is a foolish topic. Contest ethics, due to the "honor system" that is part of the contest landscape, may instead be the most important topic we could discuss
At 04:07 PM 11/9/2004, corneliuspaul@gmx.net wrote: Everybody who went on a DXpedition can tell you that you will almost always notice you have been spotted. either it turns your nice and steady pile
Problem is, when is it random and when is it not random. 73 SM2EKM -- Bob Naumann - N5NJ wrote: Random acts of kindness .i.e; spotting someone else on your own, without being asked to do so, whether