[CQ-Contest] Log Checking Software

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 07:44:58AM -0400, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> At 10:26 PM 9/17/2003, Ward Silver wrote:
> 
> >Are there more important things?  You bet there are. Catching cheaters,
> >reducing reporting turnaround time, making it easier for people to submit
> >logs, extending log checking to more contests, etc. etc. etc.  Not worrying
> >about sub-1% minutia that can't even be defined except on a QSO-by-QSO
> >basis.
> 
> Ward, I was reading the ARRL DX SSB results in QST this month, and I 
> believe the USA/VE Multi-single category was won with about a 0.4% margin 
> of victory. I can imagine the station that won (or came in 2nd) vehemently 
> arguing for that 1%.

Actually, the first and second place scores were separated by something 
closer to 27% - hence N0AX's "spanking" comment in the article.  The second 
and third place scores were separated by 0.4%.  Third and fourth place were 
separated by 0.9%.

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