[SCCC] Asking ChatGPT for CQWW advice

[Clayton Nall]

Thanks all, I have the cbs software and have analyzed a bunch of the logs

Clayton Nall
http://www.nallresearch.com
Cell: (617) 850-2062


On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM Paul Kube <paul.kube at outlook.com> wrote:

> > - you'd learn more about his log by using the K5KA/N6TV CBS log analysis
> > tool than using ChatGPT.
>
> This is true. Clayton, CBS analysis of W6TK's log attached.
>
> CBS doesn't report all the statistics you might be interested in. It
> doesn't distinguish run Q's from S&P Q's, it doesn't tabulate off times,
> etc. But reviewing it along with the original log will give you a lot of
> useful ideas about strategy, certainly more reliably than that ChatGPT
> output.
>
> 73, Paul K6PO
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* SCCC <sccc-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Clayton Nall <
> clayton.nall at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2025 9:22 AM
> *To:* Bruce Horn <bhorn at hornucopia.com>
> *Cc:* SCCC Reflector <sccc at contesting.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [SCCC] Asking ChatGPT for CQWW advice
>
> Was hoping this would at least produce something in the ballpark!  The iron
> law of ChatGPT holds—the more you know about a subject, the more its
> hallucinations and slop immediately jump out at you.
>
> Oh well, was hoping this would at least deliver net positive value even if
> a couple of the details were off.
>
> Still feels like we are a long ways away from Skynet….
>
> Sorry for the post but at least folks had fun beating up the robot :)
>
> 73
> NF1R
>
> Clayton Nall
> http://www.nallresearch.com
> Cell: (617) 850-2062
>
>
> On Mon, 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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