On 12/18/2016 10:18 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
My comments below:
On 12/18/2016 8:24 PM, Taylor Kelly wrote:
On Dec 18, 2016, at 11:42 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
I had the opportunity to talk to my son in more detail and ask him
why contesting does not interest him. Here is what we discussed.
1. Cost to get in the game and have a chance to win is
prohibitive. You need a great station, land, etc to really win or
compete. The playing field is so unbalanced that it becomes a show
stopper. For him he has no costs when at home. I consider my
station modest with a 70 ft tower and land to put up Inv L's and
full sized 80m verticals and some receiving antennas. I could do
more but we have horses and they need to roam and are hell on things
in the pasture.
In my situation, 100 watts and a vertical I know I will never ever
"WIN" But you CAN "WIN" in another way! My "WIN" is beating the last
time I entered in the contest. Did I do better against myself than
previous times? If not then in what "Place" did I place compared to past
attempts.
Can’t argue this point. The software we have is superb to our needs,
but it’s hardly attractive.
Is making a fancy front end going to make things more interesting,
NO, the more plain and clear is what's Important.
if we could even define what that would be? Not sure.....I explained
paper logging and big monster dupe sheets and how we used to try to
dupe JA calls. He looked at me like I was nuts! I think we were.
Underline JK, Circle JH, box JI and do it while logging the contact
and working the next guy! We did this!
Personally I always liked the dupe sheets that were the combination of
the last number in the call and the first letter after the number
determined where the call went in the dupe sheet. so in my case someone
who worked me would place me in the 9S slot. Then it matters not
anything about the prefix.
7. He proposed that all participants use a scoreboard type system.
Many of us have said this was something we need to do but have
instead met with amazing resistance and a ton of excuses why people
refuse to use it. A system where everyone can check it out and see
what is going in in the contest. We are back to visuals.
The "Live" scoreboard I have mixed feelings on. It's kind of like any
contest that has a serial number in it. Sometimes you are amazed and in
awe that the guy you just worked has 1000 Q's in his log and you just
gave him #333.
And then depending on your own "Mood"? You get all Pissed off when you
been trying your hardest and have 333 Q's in your log, and the Guy you
just worked has 1000! You think why bother? I'll never Win.
Unless you do the "Win" as described earlier.
I think that could work with the right safeguards in place.
What do you mean by safeguards?
Joe WB9SBD
W0MU
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