There's been a lot of discussion recently about electronic logging, contest reporting, and live scoring, etc. Clearly amateur radio contesting has advanced to a point where it is reaching a realm of
Who is going to man the phone lines so that dxpeditions without internet access can make the long distance satellite phone call to accept the declaration? What happens if you can't get through, you c
I'll break your hypotheticals into questions 1) Who is going to man the phone lines so that dxpeditions without internet access can make the long distance satellite phone call to accept the declarati
There is a fundamental flaw in your reasoning Rich. Where exactly do you draw the line for "major" categories and "casual" operating. For the sake of argument, let's say that I've managed to build th
Since I'm in the process of revising the 3830 score posting system, NN3W's post inspires a couple of questions: 1) If you had the ability to selectively delay the posting of your claimed score until
Isn't the whole point of a 3830 that you can see how everyone did before the official results come out? It would seem contrary to that notion if you ha to wait until the log submission deadline pass
When 3830 was in it's prime before the internet it was something you looked forward to. The top players got to give their scores. You got immediate feedback on how you did. Delaying the postings for
I'd leave it as is. As discussed many times, there' will always be some cheaters, and cherrypicking a category is cheating, however, getting almost instant feedback on the scores is great. Delaying i
First, congratulations on your data base for the 3830 system. It is most usable and interesting. The search for a call-sign feature is excellent. I suppose I am naive but it never occurred to me that
Maybe it is time that the contest sponsors shortened the log deadlines? How much log massaging needs to happen. A week or two at the max is plenty to get logs in. If you are mailing in your entry it
And then, what stops me from taking the last 45 minutes of contest time to rerun the logs... and fix the errors.... maybe we need to just hook up everyone to each other... to prove no one cheats... a
I have to agree with that. It is fun to read the feedback comments for the newest contest, but when postings are made that are 4 or 5 contests back, they are not as interesting. Looking at the result
If you are truly competitive, you won't win if you don't operate the last 45 minutes of the contest. The low bands are in good shape for running as well as finding new stations, and I invariably work
1. No, completely defeats 3830's main purpose: immediate gratification. 2. Fewer. But while you're in update mode, how about an asterisk by the call signs of those that acknowledge they are using SO2