[CQ-Contest] The Next BIG Step in contesting

Pete Smith n4zr at contesting.com
Fri Nov 19 08:33:46 EST 2004


I'm hesitant.  So much of being a successful contester is knowing when to 
go get the hard double mult on 40, or when to put which radio on which 
band, etc.  Do we really want to make that all transparent to all 
competitors?  It would be a little like allowing the other team into your 
huddle.

Maybe a fun middle ground would be to limit the information that is 
available in real time.  Post scores by station, but have more detailed 
information available only in the aggregate, until after the contest is 
over.  Then, I can visualize a bunch of fascinating comparisons that might 
even be semi-automated, such as bar charts giving comparative rates by hour 
for any two big stations.  Even then, I'm sure some folks might not want 
their specific strategic or tactical choices to be visible.  Perhaps a 
station could be empowered to decide what info is made available -- QSO 
rate info, for example, but no band info.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 07:57 AM 11/19/2004, Randy Thompson, K5ZD wrote:

>W1VE actually built something that did this for WriteLog.  WL users could
>add a plug-in and their scores would show up on a web page in real-time.
>Never got critical mass, but a way cool idea anyway.
>
>Yes, it would impact how some people operate the contest.  But, it would
>sure make things more exciting and sporting!
>
>Randy, K5ZD
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Gary Letchford
> > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:42 PM
> > To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] The Next BIG Step in contesting
> >
> >
> > OK Guys,
> >
> > I've seen the messages coming in by the dozens every day creating a slight
> > indentation on my delete key.  I read some of them and as many have said,
> > this has been all covered before.  So I'm going to take the next
> > step in the
> > pursuit of technology that we now have with telnet and such.
> >
> > One of the truisms is that many of the aspects of contests are unobserved.
> > It's not like a race where you can watch them running around the
> > track.  If
> > someone cuts accross the track while everyone else is going around the
> > track,  you know the guy is cheating.  So what could we do to make some
> > things more observable?
> >
> > ON LINE SCORING!!
> >
> > It seems it would be reasonably easy to have a program report to a telnet
> > address certain items in the log.  Perhaps Call, contacts,
> > mulitpliers, band
> > station currently on, and whatever else you are creative enough to choose.
> > Every station that has the capability sends this info to a server to be
> > compiled every 5 minutes or so.  Everyone then has a function key
> > that they
> > can hit and get a summary of stations.  Perhaps you could configure it so
> > that you just choose specific competition (others in same
> > category) or wide
> > open and see everyone.
> >
> > I'm just looking at the tip of the iceburg of possibilities,  but imagine
> > the fun of knowing where everyone else is in the competition?  Would it
> > create some problems?  Probably .........like if it looks like everyone is
> > doing great on 40 meters, by observing the changes in the 5 minute scores,
> > everyone will end up on 40 meters at the same time.  Then there
> > would be the
> > guys who say that they don't want anyone to know where they are
> > because they
> > are so smart and everyone will be able to piggy back on their superior
> > knowledge of band conditions.
> >
> > Any possibilities of including something like this in one of the great
> > programs out there?  Then set up a contest that we could use it
> > in?  Sounds
> > like fun to me.
> >
> > 73
> > Red K0LUZ
> > Longwood, FL
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