[CQ-Contest] SS Question

[k8cc]

At 01:22 AM 11/15/01 +0000, K0HB H. Brakob wrote:
>Sometimes it's fun to confound the computer-bound "super check partial" 
>automatons by being "unstable", and sending unexpected information, like 
>real signal reports.  If everyone did that, maybe contesting would reward 
>copying and transcribing skills again, not who has the most complete
>crib sheet on their hard drive.

Hans,

The MASTER.DTA callsign data bases currently popular contain only 
callsigns, so confusing them would require changing callsigns during the 
contest, which is against the rules.




Dave/K8CC


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>From K0HB H. Brakob" <HHBrakob at msn.com  Thu Nov 15 04:36:10 2001
From: K0HB H. Brakob" <HHBrakob at msn.com (K0HB H. Brakob)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 04:36:10 -0000
Subject: [CQ-Contest] SS Question
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----- Original Message -----
From: "k8cc" <k8cc at mediaone.net>
To: "K0HB H. Brakob" <HHBrakob at msn.com>; "CQ Contest Reflector"
<cq-contest at contesting.com>; "Jim Reisert" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:28 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Question


> At 01:22 AM 11/15/01 +0000, K0HB H. Brakob wrote:
> >Sometimes it's fun to confound the computer-bound "super check
partial"
> >automatons by being "unstable", and sending unexpected information,
like
> >real signal reports.  If everyone did that, maybe contesting would
reward
> >copying and transcribing skills again, not who has the most
complete
> >crib sheet on their hard drive.
>
> Hans,
>
> The MASTER.DTA callsign data bases currently popular contain only
> callsigns, so confusing them would require changing callsigns during
the
> contest, which is against the rules.
>

Uh, Dave, don't be so quick to defend the crutches you have
developed for people who can't copy callsigns.

I didn't suggest changing call signs during the contest.
I suggested sending a real signal report which is REQUIRED
by the rules.

Wouldn't it be interesting if everyone sent a true signal
report during CQ WW for example, instead of accepting the
computer generated default 5NN?

With all kind wishes and GL in the contest,

73, de Hans, K0HB
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