If accuracy is of paramount importance then design the contest to
require it.
A simple hashing algorythm of past Q's or the last zip or the the
last grid square.....passed as a token and justified at the end is a
simple way to improve the accuracy in tests. As long as the
information token is predictable and repetitive then these
discussions will continue. If you really are interested in improving
the game then improve the game- dont just mumble about it on the
internet.W7MAP said that.......
-----Original Message-----
From: Van Sias [SMTP:wa7fab@cdsnet.net]
Sent: Friday, July 03, 1998 5:35 AM
To: k4oj@ij.net
Cc: Dale Jones K5MM; cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The contest has ENDED !!
Jim White, K4OJ wrote:
> Dale, I am really upset to see you think that striving for accuracy
is
>
> unrealistic and that we should be allowed to massage our logs after
> the
> contest. You think my view of post contest log massaging is
> unrealistic
> and that it will scare away newcomers....
blah, blah, blah, blah....
Geeze, come on guys, amateur radio is a hobby...I am beginning to
think
there are too may A types on the reflector. If you think we casual
contesters are going to tape record the contest, loose sleep over
over a
misplaced mult because the program doesn't recognize a weird prefix,
stay up all night on a dead band for one more q, make sure every
call
is in the FCC database, worry if some guy missends his call or you
hear
it wrong, wonder about the cheaters, jump out a first story window
and
commit hari kari because we hear someone in the section a couple
hundred
of q's ahead at the tail end of a contest, you're nuts! My
suggestion
is do the contest, print the log, send it in and let the chips fall
where they may. Just have a good time. We are NOT talking about a
nuclear exchange, its ONLY ham radio! Lighten up. You guys on this
thread are increasing my blood pressure, not lowering it.
Van, K7VS (formally WA7FAB) --- Contesting for Fun Committee
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