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[Steve London]

Rudy,

I think you have misinterpreted my response. We are talking about the 
unassisted category. While it is up the the contest directors and 
managers to make a ruling, I would imagine that for the assisted 
category, the real-time scoreboard would be allowed.

73,
Steve, N2IC


On 04/03/2016 02:09 PM, Rudy Bakalov wrote:
> Steve,
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> Do consider your response in the context of the previous widely popular thread on attracting youth to contesting. The realtime scoreboard makes contesting a contest for many ops that do not stand a chance to get top ranking. They pick a competitor and try to outscore them based on the scoreboard. It is the scoreboard that makes contesting fun for those who use it.
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> Virtually all other sports evolve and develop new techniques and technologies. Why is contesting any different and tries to promote mediocracy?
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> Further, if organizers really want to impose rules that slow innovation, they should develop a set of guiding principles and objectives. Right now many of the restrictions are arbitrary.
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> Let contesting innovate before it joins the dinosaurs.
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> Rudy N2WQ
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> Sent using a tiny keyboard.  Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect.
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>> On Apr 3, 2016, at 2:41 PM, Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My response to contest directors and managers is: change the rules for next year so that it is not allowed in the future.
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>> 73,
>> Steve, N2IC
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