[CQ-Contest] ARRL Rookie Contest

[John Geiger]

Joe,

I have to agree with you on this one.  If we want to get rookies into contesting, we need to keep it as simple as possible.  This doesn't do that.  Most of the "problems" cited in the earlier post about log fixing after the contest and such I don't consider problems at all.

73s John AA5JG

--- On Thu, 2/11/10, Idle-Tyme <nss at mwt.net> wrote:

> From: Idle-Tyme <nss at mwt.net>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Rookie Contest
> To: "James Duffey" <jamesduffey at comcast.net>
> Cc: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>, cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 10:25 PM
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> On another thought,
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> What if all there is, IS dialup where you live.  What
> happens now you
> have to tie up the phone for the duration of the contest?
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> Will it even work at all on a non high speed connection?
> 
> what happens if your get dropped like happens so often on
> dialup? (as
> well as my DSL yeah I know they say there are remedies))
> 
> what happens then do you have to stop operating to try to
> get your
> connection back?
> 
> and or with the DSL in my case if I chose not to cure the
> RF problem, 
> why should it effect my ability to operate the contest?IT
> is a RADIO
> contest,  submitting logs made by a computer is all
> and all good, but
> may as well do the whole test on one of the similuated
> internet radios
> is what it's going to,
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> it to me sucks.
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> Just at the time I was going to push about a dozen clubs in
> the area
> here to get into contesting.  if this is the direction
> it's gonna go
> to,  I'm not gonna even try.
> 
> Joe WB9SBD
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> James Duffey wrote:
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>   John - You wrote:
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>     The contest hasn't even had its initial
> running and they are already trying to deal with problems???
> What problems is real time logging going to solve?
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> I meant that real time logging will deal problems with
> contest logging in general, particularly after the contest
> is over but logs have yet to be submitted. So it is nice to
> see the ARRL implement it in a contest. I hope that they
> expand its use where appropriate. Advantages I see are:
> 
> 1. Immediate feedback as to whether or not a contact is
> valid.  
> 
> 2. No time for modifications to logs or editing of logs
> after the contest is over. What you enter during the contest
> is what you get.
> 
> 3. No category shopping. 
> 
> 4. No more requests for recordings of CW skimmer on the
> CQ_Contest list. :^)=
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> 5. No more waiting months for results; they will be
> available immediately after the contest is over.
> 
> Other than not being able to enter the contest without a
> computer and internet access, I don't see any down side
> to this. With the oft heard laments on this list of the
> aging of the contesters and the decline in contesting, I
> think that this is at least an attempt to inject new blood
> into contesting, and I think that is good. - Duffey
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> --
> KK6MC
> James Duffey
> Cedar Crest NM
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