That's great! Let's all do that. :-) Who is left operating? I'd rather see my buddies to tune the bands and give me a call and a point, rather than "watching me" on RTS. 73 Yuri, K3BU ______________
Thanks for polling the contesting community before taking a decision on whether to classify the use of real-time scoreboards as "outside assistance" for single ops. Having used the real time scoreboa
The WAG contest is in progress. I can tell you DL1IAO will be on 40 meters in about five hours. Does that information provide an unfair advantage? If you want to work him, you've still got to *listen
Bob, Thanks for asking for opinons. My feeling is that this realtime scoreboard should be encouraged but viewing it should require a log on (so you know who's viewing) and it should be restricted to
Author: Robert Chudek - KØRC <k0rc@citlink.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:02:46 -0500
Bob, Vladimir, and Contesters... I'm addressing two topics here: First, the concept of Single Operator seems to always get "beat up" when new technology is introduced into the contesting game. In the
Author: Robert Chudek - KØRC <k0rc@citlink.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:16:53 -0500
Guy, Please help me understand what you mean in your second sentence below. My concept is logs would be submitted and processed by the contest sponser but only summary sheet information would be post
Last summer I took my young son to his first major league baseball game. He was very excited at the prospect. He had watched games on TV with me, he read box scores and standings on his baby Blackber
Eric you said: ""Allowing single operator stations to have more fun in contests seems beneficial to our beloved sport. And encouraging part-time participants to operate more of the contest also seems
I think the more we can make contests resemble video games, the more likely we will be able to recruit new blood to replace aging codgers like me in contesting. I think computer logging has been a gr
This definition may not strike a chord with everyone, but my definition of "not assisted" is that all information (pertinent to the contest) is gathered and developed by a single operator by his own
The NA two-point rule makes no sense either. Like I said, a more equitable system would either have 1-point per QSO or use distance to the zone worked to determine QSO points. _______________________
I could maybe see it for assisted categories but I personally have zero interest in using this. I can see at least one scenario where the ethically challenged unassisted types amongst us could use it
high-scoring single-op The first item is clearly a violation of the rules for unassisted operation. You can't use packet spots, no matter when you get them. I see no reason why the rule can't be enfo
Sorry Robert, my mistake. I was assuming that the log detail would be exposed. I would definately participate in this type of system as well as 3830. 73 - Guy, N7ZG Guy, Please help me understand wha
or another. "not assisted" is that all information (pertinent to the contest) is gathered and developed by a single operator by his own on-the-air efforts and observations during the course of the co
Long ago, and not so far away, when PacketCluster(tm) was in it's infancy and the great discussion about single op use of it was raging in letters to the editors around the world.... a great s/o coi
As much as I am ambivalent on the issue of real-time scoreboards, perhaps someone could enlighten me: How does a real-time scoreboard provide an unfair advantage? Or, how does it provide any more of
Gee, it seems to me that single ops who wish to win should ENCOURAGE packet cheating. Packet is obviously a drawback, not an advantage. I think there are enough examples here that we can let the "I l
Hi Igor, Maybe I'm not "pure" enough, but software is to me basically a "housekeeping" tool. It frees you from the mundane details of logging and sorting and duping, and frees the operator to use th
Just like using a second radio, using packet is a skill. If used properly, it CAN be an advantage. If used improperly (just like a second radio can kill your run rate) it most certainly can be a detr