[CQ-Contest] What if we had real-time LOGGING?

[Don Field]

Certainly couldn't have been this year Yuri - no Internet access from
several of the WRTC operating sites.

Don G3XTT (referee at one such site - no Internet and a "very" dodgy
cellular signal - sometimes there, sometimes not)

On 11/28/06, Yuri VE3DZ <ve3dz at rigexpert.net> wrote:
>
> Mark,
> This is a brilliant idea and I think it should be implemented at WRTC.
>
> 73 Yuri  VE3DZ / UT4UZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Bailey" <kd4d at comcast.net>
> To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:15 PM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] What if we had real-time LOGGING?
>
>
> > What if we had a contest where, instead of streaming audio and video,
> > we had to submit our LOGS in real-time to the sponsor?  Heck, the
> > results could be ready when the closing bell rang!
> >
> > I think this could be a lot of fun, especially if it were
> > combined with a real-time scoreboard - one that included
> > all of the entries.  Unfortunately, not everyone has
> > always-on, reliable, internet access, so this may not be
> > practical.  Heck, I don't always have it...
> >
> > When you bust a callsign, we can get some of those
> > wonderful sportscasters to do color commentary:  "Well,
> > KD4D sure blew that one.  A two qso penalty and a multiplier!
> > That's gonna hurt..." :-)
> >
> > I think we need a NEW contest to try this with.  This would
> > be a different game and I love the current one too much
> > to want to try this with, say, CQWW.  But I think it might
> > be really exciting.  Maybe we could try a short
> > contest - four hours or so just to see how it works.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Mark, KD4D
> >
>
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