[CQ-Contest] Contest Scoreboards

[Bato, Andras]

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:24:28 -0400 Bill Coleman wrote:


>So, in this one example, I don't see that your statement has any  
>force. If you are busy operating in a contest, then it would be  
>foolish to mess around with a contest scoreboard. 
>

As far as I remember K1TTT started this idea. My understanding is that 
scoreboards are a must to catch cheaters. Cheaters are like viruses so 
we must be protected against them! ( Just take a look at the report of 
K1ZZ & G3SXW in issue 21.)

I am thinking about how to solve a problem of mine.
A nearby station is a regular in HF contests. I know he has a power 
amplifier which produce several hundreds of watts -if not a kilowatt.
Despite this he keeps sending logs in LP category! I use an FT757 
barefoot. It is not fair to evaluate these two (and many many more) 
stations in the same category.

In case we could use a scoreboard the difference in the advance of of an 
LP station which use 100 W and another "LP" station  using a kW must be 
noticeable!

>Further, it's clear  
>that some top-notch contest operators are capable of operating full  
>speed and doing other things at the same time.
>  
>
Big guns usally make runs only. Sometimes there are no takers for even 
several minutes. Then you have time to send messages, etc.

All in all in a football match there are the footballers and there are 
the spectators who badly need a scoreboard!

We can also have spectators -perhaps a bit more then the number of those 
who have been present in Berlin's Olympiastadion  last Sunday.

gl de ha6nn
Andras