[CQ-Contest] Line Scores

[John Geiger]

SO why are Field Day line scores still published? 
They probably make up more pages than all the other
contests combined.

73s JOhn NE0P


--- Ward Silver <hwardsil at centurytel.net> wrote:

> > I concur totally-- I used to wait eagerly to see
> "k5ucv" even with very
> few Qs.  It was exciting-- recognition that I
> belonged.  I hate it that they
> do not publish
> > the scores any more.
> 
> Not picking on Rusty in particular...
> 
> Lets be clear - the ARRL *also* hates that they
> can't publish line scores in
> QST any more.  Those pages were lost because there
> aren't enough members and
> advertising dollars to support them, the reasons for
> which are well beyond
> the scope of this discussion. Despite the modern
> tendency to find a
> conspiracy behind every grassy knoll, this was not
> an anti-contester act.
> The ARRL has been and remains the world's largest
> sponsor of contests by a
> large factor.  They get an imperial ton of
> complaints about it, too...
> 
> While many of us greybeards - some with entirely
> more salt than pepper - may
> cherish the printed page, for technically savvy
> individuals under the age of
> 40 (i.e. - the new blood we all claim to seek) the
> printed page is a lot
> less important.  They have a different set of
> expectations and waiting for
> months and months to see lines of 6-point type is a
> lot lower on their totem
> pole.  We grew up with it and it is our standard. 
> They did not and it is
> not.
> 
> At the time of the original announcement, a group of
> folks got together and
> took a look at contest-related information.  We
> wrote a paper about where we
> thought the information should go.
>
(http://www.designet.com/k1ir/Downloads/ContestProposal_071702.pdf)
>  This
> tried to take into account the reality of publishing
> media today.  Some
> things are good in print.  Stuff that is really data
> - like line scores -
> costs too much for physical distribution in the
> publishing environment of
> today.  If you think you know so ding-dong much
> about it, go start your own
> magazine and show us :-)
> 
> Bud's comment about "feeder activities" and other's
> observations about
> referencing their performance to local/regional
> standards point the way.
> The information is out there and public.  We are all
> known presences in our
> communities.  All we have to do is apply ourselves
> by combining the data
> with the crucial personal touch that made the
> difference to us when we were
> starting out.  Soon, you'll see those new calls in
> the pileups.  I've seen
> it happen right here in our local club.
> 
> It's not up to "somebody else" - it's up to YOU AND
> ME.
> 
> 73, Ward N0AX
> 
> 
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