On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 11:42:40PM -0400, Michael D. Adams wrote:
> data mining project, and it might give a "tiny pistol" station like mine a
> leg up if something could be learned from the exercise.
Cool - a great reason to have open logs.
> If I were the owner/operator of a consistently competitive, serious
> contesting station, it would be very easy for me to be concerned about
> someone else doing such a research project, if I had some secret strategy
> that I didn't want someone to detect or improve upon.
>
> I personally prefer openness; but I can see the point of those who might
> want to protect their contesting tricks.
I have been doing this contesting stuff for a few years now - and in
some contests I turn in competitive scores. One thing I have learned
is that if you have a 'trick' that you think no one else knows about
you are most likely mistaken. There are others out that they do the
same thing - chances are they do it better than you do.
I have always been a big supporter of open logs - I have been posting my logs
on the net for years before CQ opened up the logs. In addition I have been
posting full recordings of my contest efforts on the web for anyone to listen
to - you can hear all of my mistakes, errors and stumbles.
I will tell and show you what I do.
As a friend of mine once said right here on this list:
"There are no secrets!"(1)
--
George Fremin III - K5TR
geoiii@kkn.net
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
1 -
http://wiki.contesting.com/index.php/Wisdom_from_CQ-Contest#N5KO_on_what_REALLY_makes_you_good_-_1996
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