Very neat idea. Ideally, and conceivably not many years away, logs
would be sent in real-time to the CQ Contest Committee for posting on
an online scoreboard, and as the clock turns from 2359 to 0000Z
Sunday night, the scoring server is closed and all log submissions
are complete. Automated log checking begins. Final scores are
calculated and posted within a few hours.
Imagine runners not being able to see the rest of the field during
the race...
Barry W2UP
On 19 Nov 2004 Randy Thompson, K5ZD wrote:
> W1VE actually built something that did this for WriteLog. WL users
> could add a plug-in and their scores would show up on a web page in
> real-time. Never got critical mass, but a way cool idea anyway.
>
> Yes, it would impact how some people operate the contest. But, it
> would sure make things more exciting and sporting!
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Gary
> > Letchford Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:42 PM To:
> > cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: [CQ-Contest] The Next BIG Step in
> > contesting
> >
> >
> > OK Guys,
> >
> > I've seen the messages coming in by the dozens every day creating a
> > slight indentation on my delete key. I read some of them and as
> > many have said, this has been all covered before. So I'm going to
> > take the next step in the pursuit of technology that we now have
> > with telnet and such.
> >
> > One of the truisms is that many of the aspects of contests are
> > unobserved. It's not like a race where you can watch them running
> > around the track. If someone cuts accross the track while everyone
> > else is going around the track, you know the guy is cheating. So
> > what could we do to make some things more observable?
> >
> > ON LINE SCORING!!
> >
> > It seems it would be reasonably easy to have a program report to a
> > telnet address certain items in the log. Perhaps Call, contacts,
> > mulitpliers, band station currently on, and whatever else you are
> > creative enough to choose. Every station that has the capability
> > sends this info to a server to be compiled every 5 minutes or so.
> > Everyone then has a function key that they can hit and get a summary
> > of stations. Perhaps you could configure it so that you just choose
> > specific competition (others in same category) or wide open and see
> > everyone.
> >
> > I'm just looking at the tip of the iceburg of possibilities, but
> > imagine the fun of knowing where everyone else is in the
> > competition? Would it create some problems? Probably .........like
> > if it looks like everyone is doing great on 40 meters, by observing
> > the changes in the 5 minute scores, everyone will end up on 40
> > meters at the same time. Then there would be the guys who say that
> > they don't want anyone to know where they are because they are so
> > smart and everyone will be able to piggy back on their superior
> > knowledge of band conditions.
> >
> > Any possibilities of including something like this in one of the
> > great programs out there? Then set up a contest that we could use
> > it in? Sounds like fun to me.
> >
> > 73
> > Red K0LUZ
> > Longwood, FL
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Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
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