[CQ-Contest] FW: More ARRL DX Thoughts

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

I've long thought that logging programs should include an output that  
triggers an M&M dispenser for each new multiplier, 100K point barrier,  full 
hour of operating without off times, etc.
 
If rewards work for rats, they ought to work for contesters.
 
 
73  -  Jim  K8MR
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/28/2011 4:27:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
brooke.t.allen at gmail.com writes:


Much  more can be done in SOFTWARE to make contests more fun. Imagine a .dta
file  with this grid square and county info that is updated real time  from
QRZ.com to fill in blanks.

Work a new state, and a window pops  up briefly with the previously worked
states in gray and the new state  flashing in red.

The same for grid squares. Even working a new county  might pop up a state
map with the counties already worked in gray and the  new one flashing in
red.

A great circle map might flash the path as  a red line for the current
contact, and it leaves a dot on the map for the  contact which begins to
fade, eventually leaving the map  completely.