[CQ-Contest] Contest Scoreboards ???

[W0UN]

At 04:55 PM 7/13/2006, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:12:16PM -0700, Ken Widelitz wrote:
> > It is true that in every other sport I can think of, participants know how
> > the competition is doing.
>
>In orienteering or adventure racing you generally do not know how the
>competition is doing.
>
>In many individually-timed or scored competitions (bobsled, high jump,
>downhill skiing) you have no idea how the competitors who start after you are
>doing :-)      --Kenneth E. Harker WM5R



I agree with Ken, WM5R, but would like to extend the analogy a bit
further.  Certainly radio contesting is a sport, including both endurance and
speed aspects.  But it is also a game of strategy, and you can make some
parallels to poker playing if you want.  So maybe you don't want to show
your hand (strategy) in real time.  You may not want your competitor to
know there is a fluke opening on one band while he is struggling on another
band, for instance.

Don't get me wrong, I am not against scoreboards per se, just that strategy
can also be a factor and an argument can be made from the side that
would limit what I want my competitor to know about my operation.

FWIW -- John  W0UN