[NLRS] A newbie needs advice -- who can help?

[Chris Cox, N0UK]

See below...

73  Chris Cox, N0UK  email: chrisc at chris.org or chrisc at BritishCarAndDriver.Com
                                              or chris at SotaMINIs.Com
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On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Todd Sprinkmann wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Palm" <thepalmhq at gmail.com>
> To: "Todd Sprinkmann" <sprinkies at excel.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:50 AM
> Subject: Post-contest questions
>  As I mentioned, we'll be using Christopher's call, KC9JTL.  I presume,
>  however, that we'll submit as a multi-operator station if each of us
> takes a
>  turn at the mic occasionally?  Right?
If they're in the same household, they have the choice of being a multi-op 
under one call or they can both operate as themselves under their own 
calls.
>  I know that we can't get contest points on the repeater, but can we
> "drum up
>  business" on the repeater?  I thought the ARRL rules were a bit
> ambiguous on
>  that point.  It says that you can't use any non-Amateur means during
> the
>  contest.  But the repeater is Amateur means.  So what's your take on
> that?

Not absolutely sure of the current rules but I believe that use of 
repeaters and specifically the 146.520 FM two-meter calling frequency are 
prohibited from being used to drum up activity.  That certainly was on eof 
the rules for the contest in past years.

>  How about digital modes?  Do they just count as CW?  Is there any
>  possibility of any activity in the evenings/nights on digital if I
> point the
>  beam at the larger populations centers (Twin
> Cities/Milwaukee/Chicago)?
>  Perhaps you don't really know.
Hmm - probably not other than meteor scatter or eme which absolutely do 
count, however, there is no separate scoring based on mode.  All modes are 
considered equal for scoring purposes and you can only count a contact 
once with any one station per band regardless of mode.

> >  How about the meteor scatter stuff.  Do those contact count during a
>  contest?  I have started reading the manual.....sheesh!  Still, it
> would be
>  fun to give it a try sometime, if not tomorrow night.
Yep - I have used MS before to add mults (and new states too!)
>
>  Is there much CW activity?
Absolutely.  Again, score is the same though whether on phone or CW or 
whatever.


Have fun!

Chris