[UK-CONTEST] Two hour log deadline ... real progress!

[Roger Cooke]

We have a similar task here in Norfolk. In fact there are a few that submit a log to me in Word format, with
the wrong date, sometimes BST times and so on. I don't know what they are using as far as equipment and
antennas are concerned so have to find all that out too.  AND of course, they don't submit their log to ME
for a couple of days.  

  Not only that, if some of you saw the speed of my Internet connection, it would be faster to deliver it by
hand and bicycle......   I see no reason why we should not strive to do better however.


 Anyway, are we not about a month at least out with the results?  Not much point in one hour if we have to
then wait five or six weeks for results.  Before anybody says anything, I am NOT complaining. merely stating
the facts maam, just the facts!

 


Regards from Roger, G3LDI
Swardeston, Norfolk.




>________________________________
> From: Peter Day <microwaves at blueyonder.co.uk>
>To: 'UK Contesting' <uk-contest at contesting.com> 
>Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 14:50
>Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Two hour log deadline ... real progress!
> 
>On 18/07/2012 13:10, Nigel G3TXF wrote:
>
>> How about the RSGB CC taking a leaf out of their book and
>> going even one better, and require that all 80m CC logs be
>> E-mailed within ONE hour of the end of the contest? Why on
>> earth do we need seven days?
>>
>
>Hi Nigel..
>
>Some of our inexperienced club members send me their 80m CC logs to 
>reformat into Cabrillo as they log on paper or use Excel etc. I also 
>make sure their Cabrillo header info is correct so I really need up to 
>three days to get these in and then send to the robot. We would 
>discourage our M3s and M6s if they had to send in the logs themselves 
>within one hour :-) They have enough problems working the stations and 
>sometimes send me logs in BST or with the information in the wrong columns.
>
>We are slowly educating these folk to use software such as N1MM, etc but 
>it takes time.
>
>I will add that my own log is usually in the robot within 15 minutes 
>after the end of the contest :-)
>
>73
>
>Peter G3PHO
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