[CQ-Contest] tech challenge - SAY WHAT?

[Paul J. Piercey]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gerry Hull
> Sent: May 29, 2007 11:45
> To: Bill Turner
> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] tech challenge - SAY WHAT?
> 
> Bill,  Score Reporting is NOT spotting.  I'd like to see you 
> find ANY station in a contest by looking at someone's score breakdown.
> 

The only remote possibility that real-time scoring could be construed as
assistance is when you see a single band operation and know that he would be
on that band only. Bit of a stretch as you still have to find the frequency.
One way around that is to show SB operation but not the band.

> Even so, it would be easy to report only total score/mults to 
> a scoreboard.
>   Would that satisfy the "old guard" mentality?
> I doubt it.
> 
> 73, Gerry W1VE
> 

I would settle for raw data like Rich NN3W stated in his posting but
frankly, the info shown on the site now seems adequate for either inspiring
the ones who need that little nudge of inspiration or weeding out the ones
who can't stand defeat.

If I quit every time I knew I wasn't going to win a contest I'd never be on
the air.

73 -- Paul VO1HE


> 
> 
> On 5/28/07, Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net> wrote:
> >
> > ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
> >
> > On Fri, 25 May 2007 20:51:43 -0400, Hank Greeb 
> <n8xx at arrl.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Why do we say that to be in a particular category one must operate 
> > >with pre 1980's technology?
> >
> > ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
> >
> > Why? Well, since you asked, a lot of us think that spotting 
> networks 
> > are a plague on contesting. A lot of us still like to use that big 
> > knob in the middle of the radio to find stations to work.
> >
> > You can agree or disagree but that should answer your question.
> >
> > Bill W6WRT
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> 
> --
> Gerry, W1VE/VE1RM
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