Dennis and Jim:
Your point is well made. The AYYA is obviously really serious about what
they do -- I would never have guessed such an organization even exists!
You'll note under their "Contest Results" button, "Results of Past Events"
that their on-line results go back until 1994. In other words, in one
easy-to-find place they list 7 years of results.
How many times have you had to root through a huge, dusty pile of QSTs to
get a chronological picture of results in the same contest -- say, the SSB
portion of the ARRL International DX Contest from 1994 to 2001? Perhaps you
are trying to chronicle your own improvement in ever-increasing scores in
that particular contest. (Let me note here that it's a lot easier to do this
kind of "rooting around" using the CD-ROM version of QST. At least it
involves a lot fewer dust bunnies. But I digress.)
Putting detailed contest results on the ARRLWeb and allowing people to
download data files for their own analysis sounds like a great benefit to me
in the proposed realignment of QST. Leaving out the detailed listings but
writing some really compelling stories that make contesting sound like great
fun (and a great place to train operators) in QST sounds like good
"marketing" of this particular aspect of our hobby. It also sounds like a
place where a lot of YCCCers could contribute some excellent articles. A
good number of you already write up compelling and interesting writeups of
their experiences after each major contest.
And I'd like to see some cool audio clips from contests added to that
ARRLWeb site too. Think about it: Hearing K1AR do a 200+ hourly rate on 80
meters would just have to be truly inspiring, wouldn't it? ;>)
73, Dean, N6BV
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-yccc@contesting.com [mailto:owner-yccc@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Dennis McAlpine
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 6:27 AM
> To: Jim Idelson; YCCC; CQ-Contest Post
> Subject: [YCCC] Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest Results on the Web
>
>
>
> Good suggestion, Jim. The AYYA! (http://www.ayya.net) Now, there's an
> organization that really has its ups and downs. At least, their editors
> don't string the readers along. In all seriousness, take a look at the
> sites Jim mentioned and see if this is how you would like to receive your
> contest results. Remember, you ca also bring a laptop into the bathroom.
>
> Dennis K2SX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Idelson" <k1ir@designet.com>
> To: "YCCC" <yccc@yccc.org>; "CQ-Contest Post" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:54 AM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Contest Results on the Web
>
>
> >
> > It's always hard for me to imagine that we are really breaking
> new ground
> with
> > some of these decisions. So, I like to do a little research
> before coming
> to my
> > own conclusion. A quick Google search on "contest results"
> turned up the
> > following interesting links:
> >
> > Soaring Society of America. Check out some of the general links in the
> left
> > sidebar:
> > http://www.ssa.org/
> > Now, click on the Contests link in the red strip near the top
> of the page:
> > http://www.ssa.org/contests/
> > There you have it. Contest results on the web. They have a
> magazine called
> > "Soaring". I don't know if they publish results there. This is an
> organization
> > of about 15,000 members who pay $55 per year in dues.
> Contesting is only a
> part
> > of what they do. It looks like they have plenty of novice and
> non-competitor
> > members.
> >
> > There's also the International Aerobatics Club:
> > http://www.iac.org/
> > And their contest results server:
> > http://acro.harvard.edu/ACRO/contest_info.html
> >
> > And then there's this one you'll enjoy. Now, these are serious
> competitors:
> > http://www.ayya.net/
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Jim Idelson K1IR
> > Yankee Clipper Contest Club
> > email k1ir@designet.com
> > web http://www.designet.com/k1ir
> >
> >
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