[CQ-Contest] making lemonade (was: ARRL report on line scores

[Ron Notarius WN3VAW]

Sylvan,

At the moment, the web results are available "early" to League members and
are not available to the public until approx. 30 days after being published
in QST.  Obviously this is an attempt to encourage people to join the
League.

However, that does not mean that this will continue once the line scores
move to the web.  If you think about it, since the line scores will never be
published again after 1 Jan 2003, there is no longer a purpose to the delay.

So, I would not be at all surprised if this policy changes after the 1st.
But that is a guess on my part -- Dan N1ND up at ARRL Hq would be a better
person to ask that of.

73, ron wn3vaw

"What's wrong with being an angry prophet denouncing the hypocrisies of our
time?"  --  Howard Beale

----- Original Message -----
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 09:06:00 -0600
From: Sylvan Katz <jskatz at sk.sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] making lemonade (was: ARRL report on line scores
 decision)
To: Contest Reflector <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Reply-to: Sylvan Katz <jskatz at sk.sympatico.ca>

> I wouldn't mind 15 days either, but I can't, for the life of me, figure
out
> why that should improve timeliness of result delivery by more than 15
> days.  Put another way, all of what Trey proposes could be implemented
just
> as well if the deadline remained 30 days.

Excellent point! 15 days is a small saving -- 6-12 months is a big saving.
It would be less disruptive to leave the submission window at 30 days and
have the results posted to the web within 60 days.

BUT what happens if you are not an ARRL member - do you have to wait an
additional 30 days until, for example, the SS results are release from the
members only section? I have never understood the logic of encouraging
everyone to enter contests and then penalizing non-ARRL members with a 30
day waiting period. I wonder if this annoying and discriminating policy will
change with movement of line scores to the web?

.. sylvan

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Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX
Saskatoon, SK
"A Novel Perspective of Amateur Radio Contesting" at
http://www.dynamicforesight.com/~ve5zx

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