Re: [CQ-Contest] Online scoreboard usage stats (was Re: I watch Contestonlinescore but I don't post my own score)

[robert beaudoin <wa1fcn@charter.net>]

        Good Morning Joe and All

            I certainly agree.  One thing tho and this has happened to 
me a couple of times,
            it can also be a real let down  when you notice you have no 
chance to
            overcome a competitor in your entry class and just lose 
interest in the contest.
                In my case I use onlinescoarboard in about 50% of my 
contest efforts.
            I will probably use it in this years ARRL DX ........see 
you there.
                    73 BoB WA1FCN

On 1/30/2024 11:40 PM, Joe wrote:
> I find the online live scoreboard a GIANT thing to keep my Butt in The 
> Chair!
> Many times I would be just about to stop for a while and see another 
> station just barely ahead of me so decide to try to pass them.
> Or even more often when you are in a horse race with someone else 
> where you are constantly trading places.
> Without the scoreboard I'd be sleeping, eating or who knows what 
> instead of keeping going!
> Joe WB9SBD
> .
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> On 1/30/2024 10:24 PM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> > Some stats:
> >
> > CQWWCW 2023 had 8058 logs submitted to the contest sponsor.
> >
> > 1122 of those contesters, or 14% of them, submitted their score to
> > 3830scores.com.
> >
> > 893 of those contesters, or 11% of them, listed their score on
> > contestonlinescore.com, almost all of them in real-time.
> >
> > Almost all contestonlinescore users were also 3830 users, not 
> > surprisingly.
> > contest.run stats are very very similar to contestonlinescore.com 
> > because
> > most users post to both simultaneously.
> >
> > For many "regular" weekly events (e.g. CWT, NS FT4), 3830 usage is 
> > nearly
> > 100%, but online scoreboard usage is still not much more than 20%.
> >
> > It is important to not discount the 80%+ of worldwide contesters who did
> > not use 3830 or online scoreboard. They are still very much real 
> > contesters
> > and I'm sure lots of them read 3830 or watch the scoreboard while not
> > posting to them.
> >
> > Online score reporting is quickly growing and just in the past couple 
> > years
> > I watched the dominos fall as first K3LR then immediately after the 
> > other
> > big guns started using it. Everyone posting to the scoreboard knows the
> > world (including those who are serious about contesting but not posting)
> > can see it and they are all OK with it. The scoreboard certainly 
> > drives up
> > "water cooler" talk steering more hams towards contesting.
> >
> > Tim N3QE
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