As I understand it, its not actually real time logging since it only has one
side of the QSO. Its really "real time broadcasting/streaming" of the
contestants. But its not doing any logging. The logging is still be done on
the contestant computers and the other side of the QSO computer which is no
where in this system as described.
That's how it seems to me at least.
Ed N1UR
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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:14:17 -0400
From: K3ZJ David Siddall <davek3zj@gmail.com>
To: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Cc: w1rm@comcast.net
Subject: [CQ-Contest] WRTC2026 Realtime Contest Logging & Streaming
(was: Contest Software for Chromebook)
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Pete and all,
Earlier this morning the WRTC 2026 Organizing Committee released information on
the real time log scoring system that they are developing
with WRL for the July, 2026 competition in England. While real time log
information was streamed to the cloud from each station at WRTC 2023, the WRTC
2026 committee is emphasizing that it will use it more for public-facing
accurate play by play analytics and scoring. The system was tested live in this
past July's IARU and is being further refined.
The employed technology has come a long way since WRTC 2002, when the Finnish
organizers under OH2BH's leadership distributed Nokia cell phones to each
referee to call in their team's score periodically. Then in 2014 the New
England organizers, under KM3T's leadership, designed and built an automated
score reporting system that included detailed information from each team that
was updated every five minutes and directly fed a public-facing website
designed by WA1Z, reducing the Nokia cell phones to a backup role. This was
also used at WRTC 2018 at the German event.
In 2023 the Italian organizers took it further, and in association with
IW1FRU's HamAward platform (see: https://hamaward.cloud) streamed the QSO data
live to the cloud and used it in real time to spot irregularities (such as
"cheerleader" situations) and to activate spotting when stations were on SSB
(to provide contestants an equivalent to the automatic CW spotting that exists
through the RBN).
The public announcement from WRTC 2026 is at:
https://www.wrtc2026.org/2025/08/27/world-radio-league-and-wrtc-successfully-test-new-real-time-contesting-software/
73, Dave K3ZJ
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