Sorry, but this is long, and parts of it are really ugly... and unfortunately one of my sources of trace data is not available so its not as good as I would like. And apparently some self spotters fi
It's just a contest ! ==> At 19:37 11/1/2004, David Robbins K1TTT wrote: Sorry, but this is long, and parts of it are really ugly... and unfortunately one of my sources of trace data is not available
I only understand about 1% of the points that Dave is making here, but the one thing I totally understand is that I am 100% glad I don't have any form of internet, or packet radio, telnet, dx-cluster
Hi! Spotter FromNode Dx Freq Comment OH0Y K1TTT-14 JU1DX 3770 lstng up 3.808 also! OH0Y was not active during CQ WW SSB! Best Regards, Harry __________________________________________________________
No Ken, I really don't care if someone wants to cheat in a ham radio contest, and I very much enjoy "those People" - (you know, those Europeans, those "others") with whom I have come to call real fri
say what?!?! Saying cqww ssb is 'just a contest' is like saying that the Americas Cup is just a weekend sailing around the harbor! Personally I have spent uncountable hours over the last 6 months, a
Dave, You're in too deep. The hobby has turned into an obsession. JMHO, but I look at my radio room as a fun room, and not a trophy room. You need a beer cooler in your shack. Pitch the plaques and t
room. steins. I had a keg in the shack, you should see some of the party pics from early operations here... got one in the old paper book of an op turning a beerball upside down overhead to drain th
You'd care if you busted your butt assembling your station, and competing and operating ethically, finished #2 in a major category, and #1 was cheating. Tell me I'm wrong... Stu KC1F _______________
That is right,Stu..But.... How do know if someone is running illegal power? How do you know if someone has a cluster running in the backround & entering UA? Actually, how can you PROVE this has happe
I for one appreciate K1TTT's reports on dodgy spots. Spots do have an impact on rate for DX stations & it is clear there is abuse. Those doing it might not be one's competition or might not even matt
You'd care if you busted your butt assembling your station, and competing and operating ethically, finished #2 in a major category, and #1 was cheating. Tell me I'm wrong... Stu KC1F I know what you
N5RP: KC1F: and operating ethically, finished #2 in a major category, and #1 was cheating. Tell me I'm wrong... No, you are not wrong Stu. I've had personal experience competing with a fairly obvious
What about my polio? Tell me it was fair for me to get a "D" in phys ed when I was in high school just because I couldn't run track, and that was what phys ed was all about that quarter. those other
I think illegal power & watching the cluster (while entering UA) are FAR FAR worse, & potentially damaging to these stations you talk of, Stu. This is what we need to focus on, not some knucklehead s
Bob, N5RP wrote: What about my polio? Tell me it was fair for me to get a "D" in phys ed when I was in high school just because I couldn't run track, and that was what phys ed was all about that quar
FAR FAR is what illegal power can really only be caught by on-site inspection in real time. either by being in the station like in the wrtc type event or by a properly calibrated field measurment sy
So do I! Don't get confused with my post about power/cluster watching. I appreciate Daves efforts to try & make a dent into cheating exposure, but, I think we, as a contest community, should be addre