At Saturday's meeting of the Yankee Clipper Contest Club, Dan N1ND made a lively and informative presentation on developments at the ARRL Contest Branch. Many of these have to do with contest coverag
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Wed Jun 5 11:38:53 2002
I think what Dan is seeing is that most e-mail logs arrive within a day or two of the end of a contest. IF all contest entries were e-mail logs then there would be no problem. However, since ARRL mus
I find that if I submit a log 29 days after the contest, it is probably because I have forgotten about it since about day 3. It would be nice to have some automated service for which one could sign u
I don't think one should expect to receive an exception. Exception means rare, and is subject to discretion, which could change in the future. Furthermore, there are legitimate reasons for longer per
OK, so they're going to cut the deadline in half, from 30 days to 15 days. Does this mean the RESULTS will be computed and printed twice as fast? I doubt it. 73 - Jim AD1C == Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Char
I'm sure all the anti-log-sanitizing nazis will be happy, but the programmers might not be. Now they have but a few days to fix any Cabrillo-generation bugs that might not be discovered until late. (
I've operated a number of contests from various Caribbean locations. I usually center the contest around a vacation so it may be a week or two before I arrive back home. Once home there's usually a l
Because, as someone else commented, November is loaded with contests, and there are a few other things going on. More to the point, what possible anti-cheating benefit is derived from cutting the dea
I think there is too much time at present between the event and the results. Reducing the time frame for log submission could contribute directly to shortening this time. I think it's a good idea. M
up, send What an absolutely great idea. The miracles of modern technology could be put to good use. Mark, N5OT That explains your bald spot... 73, Ward N0AX hour or so, it *did* keep my Bose phones
KB3MM asks: The reason I rarely do that is because preparing the log is a tedious and time consuming process which is about the last thing I would want to do right after opeating a (long) contest. I
Lots of comments on this, but most are using tunnel vision. IMHO there is more to consider than a single op with a 1000 QSO computerized log. Why not send your comments to Dan and let him weigh your
KB3MM asked me: Here are a few examples: Let's say I switched bands on the radio but forgot to switch bands on the program. I think I owe it to everyone to go through and do all the ensuing damage co
ensuing This one might be legitimate, but why wait till afterward?? I do it when it's still fresh in my head (after a break, or between the next band change). ..... Or just look up the correct spelli
Not for me. I fix calls like G444XYZ (sticky key probably) and ##DF2ABC (clearly a typo). Obvious stuff I got wrong, and 95% of the time I KNOW it's wrong ahead of time, but didn;t have the time or
I don't think log submission is the gating item in the log checking or results generation process! If you are going to allow exceptions, why bother to shorten the deadline. I would attack the problem
I keep a paper notepad next to my operating position to keep track of things like this to go back and fix later. Better to do it later in calm moment than in the heat of battle... I'd rather go back