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

[Roger Cooke]

Hi Clive.

 Well, yes, that would be an incentive I agree! Luckily it hasn't been written in stone yet. It's difficult enough
to get them to USE N1MM in the first place. That's why we have so many workshops and on-air contest nets.
It takes time and then there are always newcomers wanting to take part.  Still, that was the idea of these contests
originally and it has created a lot of interest.

 


Regards from Roger, G3LDI
Swardeston, Norfolk.




>________________________________
> From: Clive GM3POI <gm3poi2 at btinternet.com>
>To: 'UK Contesting' <uk-contest at contesting.com> 
>Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 15:39
>Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Two hour log deadline ... real progress!
> 
>Roger I am sure that when you tell them the logs have to be in within 2
>hours OTHERWISE Norfolk does not win they will do it.? 73 Clive GM3POI
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
>[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger Cooke
>Sent: 18 July 2012 15:29
>To: 'UK Contesting'
>Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Two hour log deadline ... real progress!
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>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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