Jack, I agree but it's a societal problem. I've never understood why contest organizers don't voluntarily just leave even a small portion of the band contest free. As for nets, if someone just mention

Barry, I suspect that maybe the frequency you chose was the same as some group who consider it "their frequency." I've come across this a few times and not just in contests. Operating a frequency for

In response to the comments about trying to equalize the playing field in contests, maybe consider participating in the new portable operations challenge https://foxmikehotel.com/poc-rules-and-scoring

Wow I didn't know that. Explains the name. Dave N2OA

Has anyone else received this? It seems odd in that it uses my city name. Wondering if it's just a translation thing or a scam. Dave N2OA ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Batavia FT8 Conte

Personally I think that the silent majority was against the rule change. It's mind boggling to me that this many hams can't get on the air without using commercial power. B, C & E are all valid catego

I just don't get this endless complaining. Field day is NOT a contest and I would guess the intent of the 1D contact rule was to prevent everyone from just plugging into the mains and it becoming a co

I agree with Stan, K4SBZ 100%. If you can't operate at least in the E class, I think you've completely missed the point of field day. Dave N2OA

I would make sure that the club members understand that if they are using the club call all contacts must be logged, it should be a club policy/rule. Not only for QSL'ing but if there's ever a questio

Actually you will find many of us VHF contester's would like to see some changes there too. We are finding that there is little voice or CW on 6m or 2m anymore, it's almost all FT8 even during a nice

The difference is that FT4/8 I have knowledge of every call that I can hear and every station calling CQ that I haven't worked in my view right now. With RTTY I'm scanning the band and looking for new

There is definitely and advantage to being able to see all of the unique calls that you haven't worked yet. You don't have to tune and search or even call CQ. You can just keep calling each unique cal

There are two parts to the assisted category. Using spotting networks OR multiple decode windows. If you setup RTTY to decode multiple transmissions you are in the assisted category. Since FT8 does th

Think of it as an exercise where you learn how to setup a station and maybe more importantly keep it on the air under adverse conditions and teach/learn the basics of contesting. Dave N2OA