[CQ-Contest] When it's over, it's over (again)

[Mark Bailey]

Yes, it COULD be done.  

But, some us still like to play this game on the radio - I don"t want to deal with the internet as a single operator!

There should continue to be room in our sport for a game played on the radio - even as the internet becomes more and more integrated into Assisted and multi-operator categories.

73,

Mark, KD4D

On November 11, 2016 7:26:22 AM EST, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net> wrote:
> It could be done, yes.
>
>
>But is it really worth doing?  That is the question that I have yet to
>hear an answer to.  
>
>
> What is the rush?  
>
>
>Yes, I understand that a good number of people want near-instant
>results.  And yes, I 'get' that a good number of people think this will
>serve as a deterrent to 'cheating' (though I strongly suspect that
>those with at best questionable ethics will simply figure out another
>way).
>
>
>Regardless, this still strikes me as a solution in search of a problem
>-- or worse, a solution that may end up being worse than the perceived
>problem.
>
>73, ron w3wn
>
>On 11/10/16, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
>
>It could be done today. Not entirely different than real time scoring 
>on steroids. To stop any Tom foolery the contacts to be uploaded would 
>be encrypted. Once you hit enter that qso is locked in...Done no 
>corrections.
>
>Start on a Sprint or a CWT or similar 4 hour event or maybe even a one 
>hour event.
>
>W0MU
>
>
>On 11/10/2016 1:51 PM, Ward Silver wrote:
>> Buffering, my boy, buffering!
>>
>> The online gamers don't seem to have too many problems. Yeah, there 
>> are outages and they shriek in fury. Our game would go on apace 
>> (except for maybe no spots) but there would be a backlog (see, the
>log 
>> will never die) to upload once service is restored. And I'm sure 
>> completely off-line entries would be acceptable.
>>
>> We just need to start moving in this direction to see what problems 
>> arise.
>>
>> 73, Wardster
>>
>>
>> On 11/10/2016 2:32 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 8:18 AM, Ward Silver <hwardsil at gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:hwardsil at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I would prefer in the long term that QSOs are submitted in real-time
>>>
>>>
>>> As great as that sounds, that will be a long time coming I expect
>and 
>>> hope, considering how often my internet goes down...
>>>
>>> 73 jeff wk6i
>>>
>>>
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