[VHFcontesting] Sports vs. Radiosports

[George Fremin III]

On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 11:51:23PM -0400, Ev Tupis wrote:
> >>=== Radio Contests Today ===
> >>When it's all over, we are given 30-days to "audit our logs".
> > 
> >Are you trying to imply that people are cheating 
> >during this period?  
> >
> >Could you explain this to us a bit more?
> 
> Hi George,
> Nothing that ominous.  I simply point out that in today's contesting world, 
> there is a 30-day grace-period that should be questioned as to "why?".  Of 
> course, the answer is "to allow for the submission of paper logs via postal 
> mail."
> 
> I believe that this should be revisited as part of an overall 
> re-engineering of contesting with a 21st century focus.

I agree - the CW Sprint now has a log deadline of a week.

The internet sprints have had log dealines of like 3 days.

I would gladly go for faster log deadlines if this also means
results sooner.

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George Fremin III - K5TR
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