I'll say that I'm not ready to let the competition know how far ahead or
behind I am.
If you want a separate category or contest for this knock yourself out but
I like it the way it is.
Ria
N2RJ
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 6:27 AM Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:
> I'm with you, Scott.
>
> > Martin N4UU said: "I also think that next big step would be real time
> log checking. We are all hooked to the internet why not"?
>
> Sorry, but we are NOT all hooked up to the internet from some locations
> where we contest, and even from home, some of us have internet that is
> slow and/or erratic. W6JTI wins contests QRP from an isolated
> mountaintop in Northern California where he has no internet (and no cell
> service). I have no cell service at home. Hundreds of my neighbors have
> no cell service at home. My internet (Comcast) experiences repeated
> random dropouts at all times. During a recent storm, Comcast, telco, and
> PG&E were all down for three days.
>
> Some contesters have been having a good time with real time scoreboards,
> and I think they should be encouraged. But to make it a requirement is
> unreasonable.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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