Sorry, this is very long. A lot of related thoughts to tie together to make my case. Ward says: I would prefer in the long term that QSOs are submitted in real-time and verified shortly thereafter so
I call BS on this one. Sorry. Heard Island is going to rock a contest, simply by virtue of its rarity. A cottage station in VE4 can rock SS, simply by virtue of Manitobas relative rarity. Just becau
Thanks for feedback Kelly and I don't assume anyone is inferior to me. Agree with your point about infrastructure and Heard Island and understood there are situations the ability to get a real time s
Except I didnt argue some cant therefore we shouldnt. I argued most wont, but we should find a way for those who want to. 73, kelly, ve4xt _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
N4XL "Starting at "some can't therefore we shouldn't" has stopped a lot of projects over the years" VE4XT "I argued most wont, but we should find a way for those who want to. " That's the difference
I call BS on this one. Sorry. Heard Island is going to rock a contest, simply by virtue of its rarity. Well, Heard Island is a bad example. It will not rock in any contest because of its poor proximi
Hi Kevan, An overlay such as I am suggesting is the logical first step. No sense diving head first into something that could be infested with man-eating sharks. No, many contesters actually dont have
As usual, Kelly spins some wonderful words that I could not possibly improve upon. I like reading all contesting stories, good, bad, LP, HP and especially the QRP guy. The ones that impress me the LE
Requiring real-time scoring would kill nearly all participation by casual ops in contests. That would be very bad for encouraging new contesters. Tor N4OGW ___________________________________________
The issue with confirmation or non-confirmation during the contest could be addressed by turning off reporting back to the submitters. Just store the QSO and acknowledge that the server has it but no
For some reason this makes me think of the KCDXC CW Pileup Contest each year at Dayton. It's "scored" in real time and you get to see the results when you walk out of the room. 73, zack W9SZ ________
A K3? I wish! Just a TS-480, although we do have a bench now :-) Pierre VE3KTB, chief wire stringer-upper at VY0ERC located at 80N Artic _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mai
Some examples -- W6JTI's shack is in rented space at a friend's very remote mountaintop QTH. Frank is a superb CW operator, and often places well in the QRP class he usually chooses to operate. He ha
There are many casual ops in contests who hunt for a new zone/country/island. If instant confirmation by the server would be counted as valid for major awards, this in fact could be additional strong
I nominate Kelly Taylor, VE4XT, for the "2016 Nobel Prize in Common Sense". 73, HB -- 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailin
But how many of the casual ops would know in advance that they had to sign up for real-time scoring to get this "additional strong motivation" ? And how many of the "major awards" sponsors would be w
REAL TIME SCORING and QUICK Submissions are both in conflict too the system as we know it. How various people will react is difficult to establish. But to be sure for every action there will be a rea
"Undeniably the CQWW is the most popular. Why? Simple rules, short exchange and lots of DX activity Making the path more difficult is not the answer" ** I agree. Let's not screw up the best thing we'
What if? - Real-time scoring started with a bunch of small, regional contests to prove the concept. - Real-time scoring, after validating a contact, submitted it to LOTW, immediately? Would that not
I will second the nomination. Kelly's posts are always well written and sensible. Let's not make entering a contest more complicated. FWIW, I had no internet service at the Aruba home where I contest