Dave, K4JRB wrote:
>It seems that with all the effort to
>provide similar transceiver, location,
>and antennas that the same software
>would be used.
No effort was made to "provide similar transceivers," only antennas,
supports and rotators. The competitors were required by the rules to
provide their own radios. Likewise, they were required to provide PCs and
the software of their own choice.
>From what I understand, the sponsors were aware of the scoring problem by
the start of the contest, but they elected to post the inaccurate real-time
scores. Perhaps, they could have responded differently to this. That's
20/20 hindsight now.
>And the software should
>be tested beforehand.
The software was tested. Nevertheless the problem was not detected until
everyone was in too deep. It is just unfortunate, that's all. I'm sure
everyone is learning a lot from this first-time experience of publishing
scores-in-progress during a contest.
I agree with Dave when he says "congratulations to the contestants and
sponsors" for sure! This was the best WRTC yet.
Mark, N5OT
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