I would like to believe that all of us who were attempting to pass emergency traffic would slow down enough to ensure we get that information 100 percent correct. The example given is not really what
It could be done today. Not entirely different than real time scoring on steroids. To stop any Tom foolery the contacts to be uploaded would be encrypted. Once you hit enter that qso is locked in...D
In this case the patient is the one penalized...........:( How can I know what you copied unless you are saying that all exchanges must be sent back and confirmed. If so you might have a tough time s
Mike, Not everybody is using N1MM+ Every contest I run into at least a dozen ops who send their own call sign 3 times in 3 different ways leaving me to guess which one is correct. Two way qso is a re
It could be done, yes. But is it really worth doing? That is the question that I have yet to hear an answer to. What is the rush? Yes, I understand that a good number of people want near-instant resu
Part of real-time QSO submission is being able to cross-check a QSO relatively quickly and report back to both submitters whether it is a valid QSO. If after making a QSO with UA9CDC, I am notified l
Yes, it COULD be done. But, some us still like to play this game on the radio - I don"t want to deal with the internet as a single operator! There should continue to be room in our sport for a game p
The rush? Looked in the mirror lately :) We are a bunch of old farts.... Seriously there is no real rush. The allure of online gaming is that results are instant. You don't play a shoot em up match a
The idea real-time logging will eliminate cheating is somewhat overstated, I think. Cheaters gonna cheat. They'll just find another way. If you really want to "sell" real-time scoring, focusing on th
Good point. Imagine a station with a top score in the category being DQ'd for failing to run real-time scoring, or for failing to post their score within 30 minutes of the contest ending... All becau
Speak for yourself. I'm not old, just experienced! <g> Seriously, though... Is your goal to make contesting, or more precisely real-time contesting, more akin to online gaming? The allure of online g
So, now participants use the internet to confirm QSOs diring the contest? Isn"t using e-mail or chat rooms to perform this function against the rules? Why would using a centralized server to do the s
Author: Christian Schneider <prickler.schneider@t-online.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 17:55:58 +0100
Am 11.11.2016 um 15:25 schrieb W0MU Mike Fatchett: We are working contests with the same archaic rules and systems for lots and lots of years. People give me pretty strange looks when I say yeah I ta
Good point! I think the answer is... hmmm, no, wait, that would require more changes to the rules to carve out exceptions... IMHO, It's one thing if the "central server" is storing the real-time data
I would assume that you would be ok with a new contest or contests that make this requirement? Online gaming deals with this all the time. If you are not online you are not in the game. It is just pa
W0MU said. "I have yet to read a rule that states that you must copy the information at the time of qso only. The goal is to get it right during the contest period." Here's one - "Call signs logged m
Mike is right: trying to force this on an existing contest's core participants is a bad idea, but you may not need to create an entirely new contest. Just as WRTC is a contest overlaid on the IARU, i
Whether I personally would be "OK" with it is actually irrelevant. I'm certainly not a contesting "big gun", I fall somewhere between "little pistol" and "squirt gun" most of the time. (Which probabl
Sure your opinion matters as does all. It is everyone that makes up a contest. Not just big guns. With no little pistols we have boring contests! I agree with most everything you stated. To be clear