W2UP: To those of you who send oddball powers, why send something
unexpected? If
you want to be remembered, why not send a non-599 RST, too?
The dumbest of all was the oddball cut number 5NN NAA. Really?
------------------
I had one well-known station send me a power level of 9w on 40m, 15m, and
10m. But on 20m, he gave me a power level of 10w. The answer, of course,
is that these were likely different ops, and we know they were operating
remotely. Clearly they didn't communicate with each other to agree on what
power level to send, because as I recall the ARRL requires a DX station to
send the same power level on all bands.
Actually, I thought the power level of 911 was kind of cute. Matter of
fact, I did this contest many times LP from the DX side and always sent my
power as "NN". It's quick and really easier for the other station to copy
than "100".
Just my 2¢ worth.
--Bruce, N6NT
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> 1. Re: Disable that feature! (K9MA)
> 2. NAQP RTTY contest will be Saturday February 28, 2026
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> 3. Re: Disable that feature! (Paolo, IK3QAR)
> 4. What's the point of oddball powers? (Barry W2UP)
> 5. Re: Disable that feature! (Dan K2YWE)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:34:09 -0600
> From: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Disable that feature!
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> One station this weekend is going to get a NIL penalty for not working
> me.? He wasn't in my log, but I chose not to argue about it.? I lose one
> QSO, he loses 3.
>
> Just work the dupes!
>
> 73,
> Scott K9MA
>
> On 2/21/2026 5:40 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
> > Regardless of the cause for NIL, this is a good reason to work all dupes
> > should they happen call again later in the contest!
> >
> > John KK9A
>
>
> --
> Scott K9MA
>
> k9ma@sdellington.us
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:37:52 +0000 (UTC)
> From: K6UFO Mark Aaker <k6ufo@arrl.net>
> To: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] NAQP RTTY contest will be Saturday February 28,
> 2026
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> The North American QSO Party (NAQP) on RTTY will be Saturday February 28.
>
> Please join the fun with a friendly contest exchange of Name and State (or
> Province or Country).
> Five bands, 10m to 80m, RTTY only, Maximum power of 100 watts.
> Contacts and Multipliers count again on each band, so Hooray for 10m!
> Single-op scores count up to 10 of the 12 hours, so you can have at least
> 2 hours off.
> Single-ops have "traditional" and Assisted categories.
> Rules, records, and past results at the National Contest Journal website:
> <http://ncjweb.com/naqp/> http://ncjweb.com/naqp/
>
> Teams: Any group of two to five single-operators can form a NAQP Team.
> Register your Team before the contest at the "Team Registration" link:
> <http://ncjweb.com/rttynaqpteamreg/> http://ncjweb.com/rttynaqpteamreg/
>
> If you are setup for FT8, you can also do RTTY in audio mode called AFSK.
> If you are new to RTTY operating, some good resources are:
> Getting Started on RTTY https://www.aa5au.com/rtty/
> RTTY Contesting https://www.rttycontesting.com/
> Contest University https://www.contestuniversity.com/files/ Search
> for "RTTY" or "W0YK".
> Try a web search for "RTTY" plus "your logger software" or "your radio".
>
> NAQP RTTY Practice is available on Thursday and Friday nights:
> 1. Thursday night is the WRT, the Weekly RTTY Test at 0145Z Friday in NAQP
> Format (Name and State).
> https://radiosport.world/wrt.html
> 2. Friday night is more NAQP RTTY Practice at 0200Z Saturday (Friday 9PM
> EST, 6PM PST)
> Call "CQ NA" and practice your NAQP exchanges and logging for about 30
> minutes.
> Frequencies: 14083, 7083, and 3585 kHz and up.
>
> Then, NAQP RTTY starts Saturday morning, 1800 UTC.
> Please take a photo, and send me a story of your operation, to make the
> results more interesting.
> Look for college stations in the NA Collegiate Championship. <
> http://www.w9smc.com/nacc/>
>
> See you in the NAQP RTTY contest, Saturday February 28, 2026!
>
> Mark K6UFO
> NAQP RTTY Contest Manager
> k6ufo at arrl dot net
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:55:19 +0100
> From: "Paolo, IK3QAR" <ik3qar@gmail.com>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com, K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Disable that feature!
> Message-ID: <699C4E37.6030109@gmail.com>
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>
>
> On 23/02/2026 02:34, K9MA wrote:
> > One station this weekend is going to get a NIL penalty for not working
> > me. He wasn't in my log, but I chose not to argue about it. I lose
> > one QSO, he loses 3.
> >
> > Just work the dupes!
>
> Provided that like you I always work dupes, the station refusing the
> (2nd) QSO with you will probably not get a NIL for your busted first QSO.
>
> Let's say that you worked IK3QAR but wrongly logged IK3QAA: you will
> have a busted call penalty, but IK3QAR will have a good QSO. At least
> this is true for CQ WW/WPX contests, not sure about ARRLs.
>
> 73 Paolo IK3QAR
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:03:42 -0700
> From: Barry W2UP <w2up.co@gmail.com>
> To: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] What's the point of oddball powers?
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> To those of you who send oddball powers, why send something unexpected? If
> you want to be remembered, why not send a non-599 RST, too?
>
> The dumbest of all was the oddball cut number 5NN NAA. Really?
>
> Barry W2UP
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:16:30 -0500
> From: Dan K2YWE <dan.k2ywe@gmail.com>
> To: john@kk9a.com
> Cc: reflector cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Disable that feature!
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> I had to smile. Two times that I remember in this contest I worked two
> runners with one exchange and got them both in the log. Only possible w/o
> sernos, hi.
>
>
> 73, Dan
>
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 7:51?PM <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
>
> > Every serious contester loses QSO's for not being in the other station's
> > log. There are a variety of ways this can occur such as them working
> > someone else on the same frequency, sometimes during a fast rates they
> may
> > not be sure that you copied their report or got their callsign correct or
> > they may have accidently wiped out the QSO before logging it. I
> certainly
> > have typed over an unentered callsign and had to try to fix it in the
> heat
> > of the battle. Operating assisted or on RTTY, it's easy to click on a
> call
> > and wipe out the one already in your QSO window that you forgot to log.
> I
> > don't use N1MM, I wonder how you contributed this to an N1MM feature?
> >
> > Regardless of the cause for NIL, this is a good reason to work all dupes
> > should they happen call again later in the contest!
> >
> > John KK9A
> >
> >
> > Yuri VE3DZ wrote:
> >
> > For a couple of years now, I am checking the UBN file supplied by the
> > Contest Sponsors against my audio recordings, public LOGs and my own LOG.
> > I am shocked to discover how many good QSO's in my LOG are ending up
> being
> > marked "Not In LOG" and I am being penalized for that (I'm sure others
> > getting it too).
> >
> > While some casual operators are submitting incomplete LOGs, the most
> common
> > problem contributing to NIL is... well known feature in the N1MM Logger:
> > "QSYing wipes out the call...".
> > Maybe other Loggers have similar feature too.
> > If you are doing mostly S&P'ing, please... PLEASE... disable that feature
> > for the Contest. No matter how good you are, there will be a moment when
> > after making a QSO you would forget to hit Enter. And there you go - good
> > QSO would just disappear when you charge your frequency.
> > Not only you lose a perfect QSO (very often, a multiplier), but you also
> > penalize the other party, who thinks he made a good QSO.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > 73, Yuri VE3DZ (TO4A this weekend)
> >
> >
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