[CQ-Contest] Dumbing-Down Contests?

[Richard DiDonna NN3W]

Well, the WWYCers had a contest with a viable serial number.  You start the number with any letter/number combo you want. You then transmit that alphanumeric sequence to the next station.  That alphanumeric number is now the next person's exchange for the next QSO.  He then receives a report from another station and that now becomes the ham's exchange for one QSO.  So on and so forth.  

No databases, no prefills.  You either copy the exchange or your dont...

73 Rich NN3W

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Robbins K1TTT" <k1ttt at arrl.net>
To: "'CQ-Contest at contesting. com'" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Dumbing-Down Contests?


> Not serial numbers, too easy to copy and listen from qso to qso to see if
> you got the right one.  make the contest sponsor issue each entrant an rsa
> number generator like is used for corporate vpn logins, these generate a 6
> digit pseudo random number that changes every 10 or 15 seconds.  These could
> be verified by the proper algorithm in the log checking software assuming
> the logged times are accurate enough.  The algorithm could probably be
> written into most logging software given a unique encryption key from the
> contest sponsor for each entrant.  It would even be more fun to make it
> generate an alphanumeric sequence instead of just numbers, then you couldn't
> use cut numbers!  Solves 2 'problems' with one complicated fix!
> 
> 
> David Robbins K1TTT
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> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
>> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael Coslo
>> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 13:28
>> To: CQ-Contest at contesting. com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Dumbing-Down Contests?
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 21, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Paul O'Kane wrote:
>> >
>> > The simplest way to keep contesters honest, and avoid
>> > mindless repetition, is to introduce serials where they
>> > don't already exist.
>> 
>> 
>> That pretty much sums it up. Each QSO has a unique serial number.
>> Copy it correctly or pay the price.
>> 
>> After all, this is at some level to be about communications and
>> improvement of the same, not simply the shortest possible sequence to
>> send, or an exchange that is already known.
>> 
>> 
>> -73 de Mike N3LI -
>> 
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