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I am a recovering Grid Circler. :) The root cause of the problem is dual-faceted and is based as follows: 1. How a "New QSO" is defined and 2. The limited number of participants in even the most popu
Imaginations are powerful things. We can create monstors in our closet or under our beds based on the scratches of a mouse in the ceiling. Until someone can (1) define the term and (2) point to data
Hi Jim, It has been my experience that, without a common understanding, meaningful communication is improbable. If something cannot be defined, then its very existance should be treated a suspect at
During years when 6m doesn't open out here in the wide-open land of Colorado, ALL of our so-called "unique callsign scores" which Ev recommends, will suck. We'll work the same 10-20 guys all weekend,
Summary...I think the area to address is the "Scoring" methodology...and NOT with Quotas or limits or having to be worried about "defining" the behavior. If the incentive is not there in the scoring
Playing off of John's suggestion... SO...might the area to address be the SCORING system? This IS a contest and SCORING IS a part of it. Probably ANY scoring system will have a way to be "optimized"
Hi Nate, Different sponsors have different rules. The way that I read their rules, it appears that the ETDXA and SVHFS Sprints and CQ VHF allow for Internet, relaying and digipeating (hence, full APR
Hi Dean, The point of this proposal is "changing it". The "it" is the grid-based centricity of the presently dominant (in North America) scoring system. Interestingly, the proposed change does exactl
So, I asked him what the difference was between K7CW/VE7 and VE7RCW. They're both legal calls in Canada. I get clipped if I use one of them and passed if I use the other. -- Hi Paul, Though I'm neith
I have asked various people at ARRL why it exists, and have never received an answer. -- Jim, Interestingly, a couple of years ago, we were polled by the ARRL for our opinions on several vhf contest
As we think in terms of a new breed of contest, lets examine how things are done "over there". Here are excerpts from the IARU Region 1 VHF Guidebook as regard their "IARU Region 1 50-MHz Contest". I
If someone wants to do a distance scored contest, they could do it with 4 digit grids and run it parallel to the ARRL tests. Anyone who chose to could send a second Cabrillo log to the distance scori
I interpreted the rules restricting no more than one transmitter active per band to mean that if the APRS is on VHF, the VHF SSB must be off, or vice-versa. Wouldn't you agree? -- Ah yes! You're righ
* The following are generalizations. You'll want to treat them with the appropriate logic filter* As a culture, we tend to believe that the only way that others succeed is because they were somehow (
Hi Nate, HamIM is is a technology/strategy that works only when others use it too. It will start out slowly in a given area. Don't let it discourage you. Others will join-in over time. Once others us
-- Original Message -- From: Dan_K9ZF <n9rla@yahoo.com> How about a an option to log the center of the 4 digit grid in case the 6 digit grid is not known? So if I work a station in EM78 that doesn't
The typical (for example German) multipliers are: 1 point for -144, 2 points for 432, 3 for 1296 and 4 for 2304 and up They set the standard for the rest of us. -- The interesting thing at play here
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