[SCCC] Asking ChatGPT for CQWW advice

[Ryan Huggins]

Sorry I wasn't online this weekend for your clean sweep.  Two or three of us on this list are in SB, please reach out next time you need this section.  I'm always happy to fire up the radio to help out a fellow SCCC if my schedule and other activities allow for it.

Ryan

-73
Ryan, KI6BTY


On Monday, November 17th, 2025 at 9:47 AM, Dick Stepanian <dickw6tk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Clayton and all,
> This is Dick - W6TK. I just saw your email. I will try to respond more
> later. I have a pretty full few days. I often jumped in and did the best I
> could with the time and station I had. I didn't do a lot of pre-planning -
> so if you can keep your BIC and have a working station with reasonable
> antennas - you will probably beat the score. At any rate go for it and
> have fun....records are there to be beaten and they will be.
> 
> I finally am getting my station on line up in OR. I played about 10
> hours in this weekend's SS-SSB - got all but SB for the Clean-sweep! Still
> fun and always a challenge1
> .
> 
> 73 and good luck,
> Dick - W6TK
> PS let me know if you have specific questions and I'll try my best to
> answer.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM Paul Gacek via SCCC sccc at contesting.com
> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Clayton
> > 
> > ChatGPT is great.
> > 
> > However, you might want to consider two other approaches to interfacing to
> > a frontier LLM.
> > 
> > Both are predicated on you mustering relevant information such as PDFs,
> > web links etc. Once you’ve found a corpus of data then either;
> > 
> > A) Use LangChain to create a RAG ( Retrieval Augmented Gen) and feed it
> > your collection of data
> > B) use NoteBookLM which is essentially a front end to a RAG based on
> > Googles Gemini.
> > 
> > Once either of the above is done then ask questions about the contest and
> > see what you get.
> > 
> > …..or as Bruce suggested seek advice of a real human!
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
> > > On Nov 17, 2025, at 8:53 AM, Bruce Horn bhorn at hornucopia.com wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi Clayton,
> > > 
> > > Without spending a lot of time on the lengthy "analysis" ChatGPT
> > > produced, my observations are:
> > > 
> > > - the "strategy" it produced seems to be a regurgitation of published
> > > information about contesting, rather than specific to LP or to operating
> > > from S.Calif, but that's what I would expect since there wouldn't be much
> > > data it trained on that would be specific to your needs. LLMs never say "I
> > > don't know."
> > > 
> > > - the log analysis doesn't seem to reflect W6TK's log. Looks like Dick
> > > spent most of his time S&Ping, but ran for a couple of periods when his run
> > > rate exceeded his S&P rate. Overall, he averaged 33 Qs/hour based on his
> > > 3830scores posting, with an 82Q hour.
> > > 
> > > - you'd learn more about his log by using the K5KA/N6TV CBS log analysis
> > > tool than using ChatGPT.
> > > 
> > > - I suggest you ask Dick about his strategy, since he contested for many
> > > years from S.Calif before recently moving to Oregon.
> > > 
> > > 73 de Bruce, WA7BNM (bhorn at hornucopia.com)
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Clayton Nall" clayton.nall at gmail.com
> > > To: "SCCC Reflector" sccc at contesting.com, "k5zd" k5zd at cqww.com
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2025 8:06:56 PM
> > > Subject: [SCCC] Asking ChatGPT for CQWW advice
> > > 
> > > I’m planning a serious entry in CQWW CW in the LP classic overlay
> > > category
> > > at the UCSB club station. I asked ChatGPT to give me strategy advice. I
> > > also fed it W6TK’a top-scoring log in the category and asked it to
> > > summarize.
> > > 
> > > Is this advice on point or yet another ChatGPT hallucination?
> > > 
> > > https://chatgpt.com/share/691a9ab6-6f24-8003-9ab1-048fe22577b2
> > > 
> > > Clayton Nall
> > > http://www.nallresearch.com
> > > Cell: (617) 850-2062
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