[CQ-Contest] Assistance & Entry Status

[Robert Naumann]

Paul,

There's a lot to this issue, and perhaps it will take a long time for it to
become an "expired equine".

The big stations spot a lot so they help all the little guys who are helping
them. They don't want to be seen as just taking from the cluster, but giving
back too.

I suspect that you won't see too many of the little guys connected to the
realtime score website as most of them are not competitive. The cluster
allows for "talking" and "announcing" - social activities.

73,

Bob W5OV



-----Original Message-----
From: Paul J. Piercey [mailto:p.piercey at nl.rogers.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 6:08 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Assistance & Entry Status

Hi Bob,

I can't believe I've been swallowed up by this topic again (3rd year now I
think) but here I am :-)

Point taken but if that were purely the case then why do so many of the big
gun stations send so many spots?

I would suggest the realtime score website to be more a more social element
than posting cluster spots. It's neat to watch the scores climb as the
contest progresses.

73 -- Paul VO1HE  


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Naumann
> Sent: November 6, 2007 12:51
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Assistance & Entry Status
> 
> Paul,
> 
> There's more to it than that, and it has to do with 
> participating with others in a social activity. 
> 
> Not everyone is competing to win something in a contest. Many 
> just enjoy participating when not competing. If they can 
> combine participation with social interaction - all the better.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bob W5OV
> 
> 
> 
> **************************************************************
> **************
> I have been trying to understand why a group as seemingly 
> competitive as contesters would even think of spotting stuff 
> for their rivals to benefit from. They spend small (or large) 
> fortunes setting up hugely elaborate stations in order to 
> beat "the other guy" and then turn around and tell "the other 
> guy" where the points are.
> 
> So far, I have narrowed it down to bragging (Hey! Look what I 
> worked!) and back-scratching (I'll spot stuff for you if you 
> spot stuff for me). Maybe a combination of both.
> 
> 73 -- Paul VO1HE
> 
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