[RTTY] RTTY-DXCC Most Wanted?

[Anthony Rodgers]

I have access to survey software that allows surveys to be prepared 
reasonably easily and has features that prevent people answering more 
than once etc. Results can be displayed directly from the underlying 
database, or exported into Excel.

Perhaps if I could get a copy of the original (or a revised) survey 
form, I could come up with something?

73 de VA7IRL,
--
Anthony Rodgers
Email: VA7IRL at rac.ca
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Western Provinces Correspondent for the
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On Dec 9, 2004, at 6:17 PM, rtty-request at contesting.com wrote:

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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:45:00 -0600
> From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: RE: [RTTY] RTTY-DXCC Most Wanted?
> To: <rtty at contesting.com>
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> Tim et al,
>
> The only Most Wanted RTTY list I know of is the one I published two 
> years ago
> and can be found at:
>
> http://www.aa5au.com/rttysurvey_results.html
>
> The problem with doing the survey is that it is a time consuming chore 
> when done
> manually.  The last time I did it, I used a WEB form to collect the 
> results from
> each participant and then had to do manual data entry into an Excel 
> spreadsheet.
> I know all this can be done semi-automatically through some sort of 
> web-based
> creativity, but I've not found the time or energy to do it.  I'd love 
> to but I'm
> simply swamped here in the swamps.
>
> I don't believe a survey of this type should ever be done with 
> automatic results
> because of the human error element or the potential for anyone to 
> distort the
> results through malicious entry.  So it has to be monitored and some 
> manual
> process would be involved.
>
> Maybe one of you savvy webmasters who have the time can do it.  I'd be 
> happy to
> host it on my website if someone could write it and doesn't have 
> access to a
> site.  There really isn't any reason it can't be done using Microsoft 
> FrontPage
> with a web server using FrontPage extensions.  It's been on my list of 
> things to
> do but so far down on the priority list, I'm afraid it just might not 
> get done.
>
> It should be.  As a whole, the RTTY community has exploded in a 
> positive way in
> the last several years and an updated Most Needed list should be part 
> of our
> progression.
>
> Thoughts welcome.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU