How Do you know what contests are happening?

Thanks 73

 

Yes, but you are encouraged to submit a log even if it is for only a few (or one) QSO. You don’t have to, but it may help the ops you worked. I believe some contest rules will discard a QSO with a callsign that no one else has worked unless the call in question has the same QSO in their log.

 

You better don't. Some contest rules give penalty points for unmatched contacts.
So if the serious contester uploads a log with your contact in it and the organisers can't find your log confirming the qso then the other guy loses points.

 

This is the best contest calendar out there.
https://www.contestcalendar.com/

 

Not seen any to penalize for casual contacts. If both submit a log and only one confirms, that is a problem however.

 

Wrong, wrong and WRONG!!

I'm not aware of any contest in which there's a penalty for a contact for which there is not a LOG (entry) from that station.

That is, a contest in which the only valid contacts are for stations that "enter" the contest by submitting a log.

There CAN be a penalty for claiming a contact with a "unique" call sign -- that is, a call that shows up in only ONE entry log because that may be a call sign that was not copied correctly ("busted"). So for non-participants it's advisable to make at least two (better yet, a half dozen or more) contacts so that call won't be tagged as "unique".

Serious contest operators (like me) welcome ALL contacts, whether from other operators who are "in" the contest, or "casual" operators just dropping in to make a few contacts but not submitting a log.

They're ALL worth points -- sometimes even multipliers!

 

Normally when I can't rag chew with my buddies on our daily schedule because of QRM, I know there's a contest on!!!

 

You not being aware of something doesn't make other's statement invalid. You should check the opponent's claim first before proving your ignorance.
And here my proof, rule number 12: http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/euhf/euhfcrules.htm

 

I use http://www.hornucopia.com/, the original site that links to the calendar AND the 3830 Score Posting Forms. Since I use both, it makes sense to bookmark ONE site.

The WA7BNM Contest Calendar:

• lists seemingly all contests, no matter the sponsor
• lists a contest's nitty-gritty in a consistent format

 

This one too. http://www.rdxc.org/asp/pages/rulesg.asp

 

Note that BOTH of the above contests are listed on the WA7BNM Contest Calendar in the same format. I used the 12 Month Calendar (http://www.contestcalendar.com/contestcal.html) to find...

• European HF Championship: http://www.contestcalendar.com/contestdetails.php?ref=82
• Russian DX Contest: http://www.contestcalendar.com/contestdetails.php?ref=310

 

I can't access that link because my malware-protection flags it as unsafe.
Perhaps you can tell us what it says.

Please note again, my post said "I am not aware of...." so, indeed, there may be some contest(s) with which I'm not familiar that requires only contacts with participants (those that submit a log). But it misleads the OP to tell him not to make contacts in contests unless he submits a log. None of the "majors" and most of the "minors" don't require that.

 

Also not aware of any contests that require all participants to submit a log. Begs the question...How does the station who is submitting a log know if the station they just worked is not submitting a log?