[CQ-Contest] Real Time Scoreboards

[Ev Tupis]

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From: Mike Fatchett mike at mallardcove.com

I was not watching my score but I did notice that I was 20 Qso's behind the next guy and had wished I had beat him!
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Maybe a web page is not the best way to get that info to the op.  Maybe you get updates every 10 mins that are displayed in your logging program or maybe a ticker that rolls across the bottom of the screen etc.  The web page is just one delivery system.
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Mike,
You are echoing the comments that VHFers who have used the more proprietary RFSport.com Logger system have echo'd.  That logging system has a "scoreboard pane" embedded right in the logger.  By watching your competition's score in near real time, people have been motivated to "dig in" and try to catch up/pass others.

Someone else mentioned that family members became engaged by periodically checking to see how their participating spouses/parents were doing.  "THAT is what I'm talkin' about!"  Excitement from non-Amateurs will draw more into our hobby.


Regards,
Ev, W2EV


 
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