[CQ-Contest] Worked All Dupes (WAD) Contest

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

How quickly you young whipper-snappers forget!... :-)

So you guys want a contest where you work a limited number of stations during the contest? When you take this idea to the extreme... this is the qualification for the Rag Chewers Club certificate... talking to a single station for a half hour straight... Oh, but wait... there's more... the Real Rag Chewers Certificate... Now that's talking to the same station, non-stop, for over 6 hours straight!

I am the proud holder of RRCC #28 obtained in 1966... But that wasn't good enough for this young ham... I went on to obtain the pinnacle of awards... membership in the "Order of the Golden Shovel"... I proudly carry Membership Card #333 in my wallet and display the Award in my shack!

BTW, no software or special contest modules were necessary for these achievements!

"We don't need no stinkin' computers!"

73 de Bob - K0RC

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Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 16:47:52 +0100
From: "Mark Steven Williams" <k9gx at n4gn.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Worked All Dupes (WAD) Contest
To: "Eric Hilding" <dx35 at hilding.com>, <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Cc: andrew.faber at gte.net
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The Dooper Snooper. Gotta love it. You've got to sort out the rules of the 
WAD, however. How about you can only work 100 stations, over and over and 
the contest is open ended...it never ends. Sort of a "Groundhog Day" deal. 
But, wow, look at that bandmap!!

with way too much time on my hands,

73, Mark, K9GX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Hilding" <dx35 at hilding.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Cc: <andrew.faber at gte.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 1:53 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Worked All Dupes (WAD) Contest


> Happy 4th of July, fellow Contesters...the "Mother of all Contests" may be 
> coming soon to a Bandmap near you :-)
>
> 73...
>
> Rick, K6VVA
>
> [From an NCCC Post with permission from AE6Y to use his comments about 
> Dupes on Field Day]
>
> "SIDEBAR":  Ya gotta know I got Andy's permission in writing, 'cuz he's an 
> Attorney :-)
>
> =======
> (Captured from the [NCCC] [W6YX-NEWS] W6YX/K6SU Field Day Results 
> thread)...
>
> Contesting Guru Andy, AE6Y, wrote:
>
>> It was actually worse than indicated, as I started telling dupes that we
>> worked before, and didin't rework them.  Only one station argued (and I was
>> correct, but maybe they logged us wrong), so I just worked that one again.
>> When things were slow, I would work the dupe, just to put something in the
>> log and keep talking, hi.
>
> Methinks part of the FD dupe problems come from so many "once-a-year" ops 
> that show up and either don't know how to use the software (or whoever set 
> things up didn't turn on dupe control)...or else they do not use any 
> software.
>
> Well, all of the comments got me to thinking.
>
> What about a brand spankng new contest... "Worked All Dupes" (a/k/a 
> "WAD")???
>
> Since the 4th of July is just around the corner, images came to mind of 
> all the "Pooper Scoopers" that follow the Equestrian entries in the parades.
>
> So, Andy...Mr. CQPWIN creator/programmer...how about a CQPWIN "WAD" 
> contest module, that has a special SO2R "DUPER SNOOPER" feature?  Just 
> think about all the fun and excitement of watching Bandmaps automatically 
> fill up with Dupes to work!!!  While you're working dupes on one band, the 
> Duper Snooper" is quietly auto-scannng another band and Packet sources via 
> Artifical Intelligence Modules to populate the "Mother of all 
> Dupes-To-Work Lists".
>
> Gotta be great, OM.  Go-For-It. {next comment deleted}
>
> 73...
>
> Rick, K6VVA * The Locust
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