I view contests as "an easy way to work DX" for me. I'm on a city lot
that's getting noisier and noisier and CQWW is a good time to find a lot
of DX stations all on the air and willing to make a contact with this
guy with 100W into a vertical.
Not that I got on this year for either contest. :)
On Mon, 27 Nov 2017, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
I have refrained from working ANY and ALL contests for several years.
For that and other reasons. I view contests today in the same class as
"road rage".
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 11/27/2017 2:39 PM, Fred Moore wrote:
This is exactly why I do not work CW contests anymore. CW contests have
become a machine contest not a Ham contest... But some people will go to
any expense to make sure they are number one. Not interested in even
giving them a 1 point..
Fred Moore
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On 11/27/17 8:54 AM, d...@elecraft.com wrote:
There's a lot of automation.
Here's one of the best in the world at ZF2MJ, running 20 and 15 meters
simultaneously. It's kind of mind-boggling.
Dan (N6MJ) and Chris (K9LA) won WRTC in Boston, after placing quite high
in earlier WRTC efforts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3ncFJZqkTA
73 de Dick, K6KR
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Frantz
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2017 22:42
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Contest and Elecraft K3s decoder
Under the rules, in the assisted categories, using decoders is legal. It
is also legal, but perhaps unwise, to use the spotting network to "read" the
call signs. Wiser is to verify a spotted call sign, which is a lot easier
than to copy it cold. In the unassisted categories, all these techniques are
illegal.
I think most stations were using a macro to send their report.
Since the report in CQ WW DX is constant, setting up a macro is easy.
Copying the report is a different matter, but I found the reports easier to
copy than the calls, since the reports were all numbers (with some Ts, As,
and Ns tossed in for brevity).
73 Bill AE6JV
On 11/26/17 at 9:21 PM, marvwhee...@nwlink.com wrote:
I personally don't depend on the rig decoding but listening this
weekend let me know that either the big boys are using something to
decode station callsigns and are definite using an automated system to
send their report.
Using the K3S cw speed option I saw several that read over 60 wpm. I
realize there are those that can copy that fast but not this old boy.
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