Until we get to the point of having fully "Realtime" Contest Scoreboards, something like the above WRTC (URL) would be very cool. Further, with some options to display ONLY specific stations of inte
Yuri, K3BU makes a number of good points. Apart from an unusual event such as WRTC where the operators behind the calls are unknown (and the operators can't see the scoreboard anyway) why would a ser
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:54:19 -0700 (PDT)
It is easy to slay a dragon that you create. :) You can "what if" anything to death (which is what happened). Instead of conjecture, try this "reality" on for size (*this really happened) We ran a sc
Personally I prefer to be disappointed in my score after the contest is over rather than during it. Therefore I will probably not make use of real time scoreboards when become available :):) 73, Mike
Ken, the issue of whether a scoreboard would inadvertently help your competition was intensively discussed last fall on the real-time scoring reflector that WA7BNM maintains, and one of the first dec
Try it, you may like it! It is tremendously interesting to watch a race with a local competitor with a similar station, even if you know you won't win the world/country or whatever in your class. Eve
Surely in almost every sport the participants know how the competition is doing. We don't erect screens between the tracks on an athletic field, for example! Why would contesters want to be different
It is true that in every other sport I can think of, participants know how the competition is doing. On the other hand, our form of competition is the only one I can think of that requires you to rai
The other interesting thing is that in most other sports there are fans who can watch in real time... up till now this has been impossible for contesting, but now with real time scoreboards which can
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:55:31 -0700
In orienteering or adventure racing you generally do not know how the competition is doing. In many individually-timed or scored competitions (bobsled, high jump, downhill skiing) you have no idea ho
I agree with Ken, WM5R, but would like to extend the analogy a bit further. Certainly radio contesting is a sport, including both endurance and speed aspects. But it is also a game of strategy, and y
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:42:04 -0700 (PDT)
Poor guys and gals. They should take up Ham Radio Sporting. They don't know what they're missing. :) Ev,W2EV __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! M
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:49:59 -0700 (PDT)
Reatime scoreboarding is an opt-in system. One can choose to only send a score and nothing else. THAT will drive your competition crazy, huh? :) Ev, W2EV _____________________________________________
Yes, you are right.. lets keep it simple, score only.. No Qsos , no mult, no band changes , no qsx info. Otherwise your competitor will copy you, not excel on its own. Felipe NP4Z how are I agree wit