[CQ-Contest] Real-time Radiosport

[Ward Silver]

Internet access is becoming less of an issue every day.  At normal QSO 
rates, even slow dial-up can handle the regular submission of an XML 
text packet describing a QSO.  N6KT rates may require broadband :-)

Some contests will likely appear that require on-line connection 
throughout.  The scoreboards for existing contests will probably evolve 
to handle more and more scoring in real-time until the non-connected 
entries are handled like paper logs today, integrated into the results 
by a manual process.

73, Ward N0AX

On 3/10/2013 12:05 PM, Kelly Taylor wrote:
> As long as real-time reporting does not become the price of entry.
>
> Odd as it may sound, there are enough operators who don't have access to the
> internet from the places they wish to contest from.
>
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
>
>
> On 3/10/13 9:46 AM, "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <k5zd at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> The CQWW published raw scores just 7 days after the contest for CW/SSB in
>> 2012.  We will continue to do so.  Waiting to see how you did is getting
>> shorter.
>>
>> The online real-time score boards are the way to go.  They make the contest
>> into a real video game/race.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>>> Ward Silver
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 3:36 PM
>>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Real-time Radiosport
>>>
>>> In my opinion, the biggest obstacle to maintaining the connected
>>> generation's interest in radiosport is how long it takes to figure out
>>> who actually won.  The contests are fairly exciting and challenging
>>> whether you use spotting information or not.  They get that and are
>>> intrigued by the worldwide aspect and the dependence on solar and
>>> terrestrial conditions.  But their interest usually dissipates
>>> immediately (and irrevocably) when you explain that the results aren't
>>> known for several weeks or months.  Even the fastest reporting - WRTC's
>>> 24-hours - is ridiculous to someone accustomed to knowing their score and
>>> place not only immediately following the end of the game but at all times
>>> throughout the game.
>>>
>>> So we can argue all we want about format and point counts and spots or no
>>> spots but those come in a distant second.  I don't believe there is much
>>> to be gained by changing the user interface to be more game-like, rather
>>> to use the power of the Internet to conduct the administration of the
>>> event in the time-frame to which people have become accustomed.
>>> "Waiting for the magazine to come out" is not part of the modern sporting
>>> lexicon.
>>>
>>> 73, Ward N0AX
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/10/2013 6:09 AM, W9OL wrote:
>>>> I would only comment that....if you watch the kids today. They play
>>>> video games. Faster, more instinctive, instant gratification, almost
>>>> to the point of addictive. A slower, more polite, contest may not
>>>> attract any of the young bloods. Now don't dump on me....I work a lot
>>>> of contests, nice and easy, chase who I want, and have a quiet type of
>>>> fun. But I don't think the kids - potentially ham contesters, would
>>>> find a more relaxed contesting style attractive. But then I may be
>>>> wrong...it happens, ask my wife! On 2013-03-09 4:48 PM, Radio K0HB
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Radioman skills would improve.  Contesting would be a lot more
>>>>>> rewarding, with a real sense of accomplishment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Saturday, March 9, 2013, Tom Osborne wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What is the downside of nobody using cluster spots in contests?
>>>>>>>> 73
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tom W7WHY
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