[CQ-Contest] ARRL and Open Logs - Time for the next step?

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/30/2008 1:36:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
david.kopacz at aspwebhosting.com writes:

Now,  Geoff may feel differently, but if I were him, I don't think I
would want  my logs opened to my biggest competitor so they can gain all
of the  information and experience it has taken me years to garner in a
few weeks  of studying my logs. I think this is even more serious of a
problem for  single operator stations.





I can't speak for Geoff, but as one of the PJ2T ops in CQWW CW last year I  
can say this:
 
We did spend some time looking over the PJ4A and PJ2T logs from the  previous 
year trying to glean any useful info.  And we basically learned  (not that we 
didn't already know) that the PJ4A guys were working them faster,  and worked 
a lot of EU mults earlier on the high bands that PJ2T did.
 
It in part came down to geography.  The cool station photos one sees  looking 
down at the PJ2T station are, unfortunately, shot while standing on the  
ground that lies between PJ2T and Europe. So the low angle, beginning of the  
opening stuff just doesn't get there very well.
 
In the case of 6Y1V, no amount of looking at logs will get you three points  
per North American qso.
 
 
 
73  - Jim  K8MR



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