Friends, I had to take this opportunity after the comment about the end of rare sections... I think all this remote work, trying to help J. etc is interesting and wonderful and I really don't mea
Gerry, I think you miss my point to some degree. I had tried to carefully not accuse anyone of anything or start a flame war. I think I acknowledged inclusiveness of opinions. Everyone has perfe
Dale, Thanks for the post! I don't think that a unique category addresses all concerns of remote operation, but I certainly agree that it is a reasonable step, just as assisted categories were. I
Stu (and Contest Community), There is nothing to disagree with in your point of view, very well said. I don't entirely agree with it, not because it is wrong but because my interests are a bit dif
Kelly has nailed this one. It is appropriate that we take reasonable care to equalize competition within a simple system. For example. 1) Let's separate high and low power 2) Lets separate assisted o
Interesting thoughts Al! I think the CQ WW "overlays" were designed to do just what you say at a coarse level. Taking it to the next level, informally via a database seems very interesting. I'd lo
Martin, I really can't agree with much of the thinking below. For example, there was never any intention that a low power category was meant for smaller stations with poorer antennas. It is only
Stu, It is nice to hear this view. I hope people can restrain themselves to a civil discussion about it. I have felt this way a long time and I resisted using SCP (and call history files) until last
Fellow contesters, Please, let's refrain from calling discussions inane or referring to the motivations of people as suspect. We're all expressing honest opinions here. Ad hominem attacks do not
All, Key clicks and GJ0KE were indeed annoying this contest. But what drove me nuts, and I am surprised not to be reading it from others yet, was the "No ID while running" situation. **It has got
Friends, A few more thoughts: KL7SB - My personal opinion is that in a perfect world, we would all ID every QSO. But please, you are not the guy we are griping at. You are a very good op, and
Fellow Contesters, If accurate (which I have little doubt of), this story is very concerning. While the initial concern seems reasonable, the issues were answered, apparently satisfactorily, but the
Fellow Contesters, I sent this note to RDXC today: "Dear RDXC Sponsors, I personally call upon you to answer and defend RDXC results actions currently being discussed by the contesting community in t
Of course, the sponsor is not required to reply here. I believe the comment was meant to state that they have not replied satisfactorily to anyone, anywhere. They have not answered much from Bob's
Rich & Contesters, This is exactly what happened to me in 2015. I asked the same obvious question; If they worked me and gave an exchange, are they not by definition in the contest? My affected QSO
Igor, If I can rephrase your argument, you are saying: 1) Congrats to RDXC that they want to catch cheaters. I agree. 2) That since no good method exists to do so, then an invalid method is O
I think we understand the arguments for the QSO elimination and the no credit both ways for busted calls. Problem is, the arguments hold no water, as many point out below. This is why no other majo
Contest Friends, This is the worst possible outcome, the one I feared. If RDXC has discouraged Bob from working further contests, this alone is more of a detriment to our contest community than all t
In addition, unless everyone in the country got the same OK for higher power, how fair is that to your in-country competitors? You shouldn't get 6 dB just for knowing the right guy. I'd love to se
Speaking of reclassification to high power... My understanding is that the power limit is 400W in Cyprus. Care to have a look at these videos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wByiGZEyT7E or