RE: Internet Sprint
The other significant difference was that you could work the sane station again
following an inteval - I recall 5 minutes?
N5NJ
> ------------Original Message------------
> From: Michael Dinkelman <mwdink@eskimo.com>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Date: Tue, Feb-10-2004 6:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] More NCJ Sprints ???
>
>
> For those who never did one, the INTERNET Sprints were
> organized on a short term basis, announced via the internet
> (NO, you didn't work via the internet), and all logs
> were submitted via the internet. They followed the basic
> format of the Sprints but there were some differences, the most
> interesting being that you changed your name based on the
> previous contact you made. So, if I (dink) worked Bob,
> he would use dink as his name for the next Q and I would
> use Bob. Sometimes you got your name back, but
> frequently names got mashed quickly and part
> of the fun was the ability of Tree (I believe) to have
> software that tracked the movement of names in submitted logs.
> Tracing the names and watching them change in the reports
> he generated provided a lot in insight to the importance
> of copying exchanges correctly and wipes out the
> advantage of master call lists. If the name became
> truly mangeled or offensive, you were allowed to start a
> new name mid-stream as long as you recorded the change.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if it was the work involved in
> doing this that killed the I-Sprint though I don't have
> that first hand. It was also VERY important that EVERYONE
> submit a log or the tracing becomes impossible. Ward, N0AX
> also organized some special I-Sprints a few years ago but
> they also fell by the wayside <sigh>.
>
> The question is, do the few e-mails passed along on this
> thread really reflect a wide interest in reviving traditional
> I-Sprints (or a variation) or just a few rabid contesters still
> pumped from the last two weeks? :>)
>
> brings back pleasant memories...
> 73
> dink
>
>
>
>
>
> At 06:44 PM 2/9/2004 -0500, R Johnson wrote:
> >What "Name Changing Rule" ???
> >I downloaded the NA Sprint rules from the NCJ web site and I don't see it.
> >What Rule # was it ???
> >
> >73
> >Bob, K1VU
> >
> >At 17:30 2/9/2004 , Torsten Clay wrote:
> > >Yes, the name-changing rule was lots of fun, you never knew if your name
> > >would come back to you. Makes copying the exchange a little less
> > >trivial...
> > >
> > >Tor
> > >N4OGW
> > >
> > > > Maybe it's time to consider the "Internet"
> > > > Sprints again?
> > > >
> > > > dink
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
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