Current (open) Poll: Would the return of 2-weekend contests (like the old ARRL DX) be a good thing?  Past (closed) Polls: What is your opinion of the recent FCC decision to eliminate Morse proficiency as a condition for an amateur license? What do you think of the new 4-character county designators in CQP? Should there be more international contests during MAY-SEP? Would you support expansion of 80M US phone band to the 3675-3725 Novice/Tech+ allocation, if existing affected licencees were accomodated? What is your opinion of RTTY contesting? Should the SPRINT rules be changed so that everyone has 3-letter section abbreviations (e.g., no more LA for Louisiana and LAX for Los Angeles)? Should contests be reduced from 48 hrs (increase participation, decrease complaints from non-contesters, and level the playing field)? What is your favorite contest? How did you FIRST learn contesting? Do you think there should be more or fewer entry categories in the major contests? There is a relatively low level of activity in the forums here. Why do you think that is? In these days of heightened terrorism awareness, do you think licensing authorities should do background checks? Software Defined Radios (e.g., Kachina 505DSP, FlexRadio Systems' SDR-1000, or hybrids such as Ten-Tec Orion) -- wave of the future? Based on coverage in the major ham publications, VHF contesting seems less popular than HF contesting. Why is that? Do you consider BPL a threat to the future of contesting? Packet is criticized for "packet pile-ups," busted calls, and a reduction in overall operator skill. Would you operate the next contest w/o packet?

Should contests be reduced from 48 hrs (increase participation, decrease complaints from non-contesters, and level the playing field)? Yes - Given the many challenges for our freq's, contesting can't be seen as an elitist playground  0 Yes - Will remove the bias against Asia-Pacific participation (contest ends on Monday)  1 Yes - Will allow people that can only devote 24 or 36 hrs to actually be competitive  6 All of the YES answers  2 No - Don't fix what's not broken!  2 No - Caving in to anti-contest factions will only encourage them.  0 No - Who do all the whiners think subsidizes the R&D effort for improved radios?  1 All of the NO answers  2 YES, but not for any of the reasons given.  1 NO, but not for any of the reasons given.  2 votes: 17 Past Polls