[CQ-Contest] KR2Q - RX1CQ

[George Fremin III]

On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 11:42:40PM -0400, Michael D. Adams wrote:

> data mining project, and it might give a "tiny pistol" station like mine a
> leg up if something could be learned from the exercise.

Cool - a great reason to have open logs.


> If I were the owner/operator of a consistently competitive, serious
> contesting station, it would be very easy for me to be concerned about
> someone else doing such a research project, if I had some secret strategy
> that I didn't want someone to detect or improve upon.
> 
> I personally prefer openness; but I can see the point of those who might
> want to protect their contesting tricks.

I have been doing this contesting stuff for a few years now - and in
some contests I turn in competitive scores.  One thing I have learned
is that if you have a 'trick' that you think no one else knows about
you are most likely mistaken.  There are others out that they do the
same thing - chances are they do it better than you do.

I have always been a big supporter of open logs - I have been posting my logs
on the net for years before CQ opened up the logs.  In addition I have been
posting full recordings of my contest efforts on the web for anyone to listen
to - you can hear all of my mistakes, errors and stumbles. 

I will tell and show you what I do.  


As a friend of mine once said right here on this list:

"There are no secrets!"(1)



-- 
George Fremin III - K5TR
geoiii at kkn.net
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr

1 - http://wiki.contesting.com/index.php/Wisdom_from_CQ-Contest#N5KO_on_what_REALLY_makes_you_good_-_1996