[CQ-Contest] Contests

[David Robbins K1TTT]

And don't forget the on-site monitoring crew... remote controlled security
cams may be an alternate possibility for this.


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Higgins
> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 20:54
> To: Kelly Taylor; CQ-CONTEST at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contests
> 
>   VE4XT wrote:
> 
> 
>   > Given the recent suggestions about contest length, difficulty of
> exchanges and ability to copy exchanges outside of the single QSO an
> operator is involved in, I have one suggestion that will address all three
> concerns simultaneously:
>   >
>   > 1. Require contestants to pre-register. They will then get an
> electronic
> key that they plug in to their logger to generate random alphanumeric
> exchange information. It could be ax12qu for one QSO and 1b2y7e for
> another.
> Don't pre-register? Can't play. Go away. The log checking program will
> cross-reference each sent exchange with the key to verify, as well as with
> the receiving station's logs.
>   >
>   > How does this address all three concerns? It will complicate the
> exchange significantly. You will not be able to copy the exchange the QSO
> before and anticipate the exchange you will receive. It will close the
> contest to everybody who hasn't thought to pre-register and drive the less
> serious ops away in droves. Rookies will similarly be discouraged from
> polluting our airspace. The remaining ops should then be able to finish
> the
> contest in only a few hours.
>   >
>   > And then all our concerns will eventually be addressed at once when
> the
> regulating authorities realize that nobody is using the frequencies we've
> been assigned -- even during the once-heavy contest weekends -- and
> rescind
> our authorizations.
>   >
>   > Simple, eh?
>   >
>   > 73, kelly
>   > ve4xt
>   You forgot something. Make everyone participate in real time scoring.
> With
> fewer contesters it will be even easier to keep an eye on everyone.
> 
>   73
>   Bob K4LW
> 
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