[VHFcontesting] Sports vs. Radiosports

[George Fremin III]

On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 10:41:30AM -0400, Alex wrote:
> >re-engineering of contesting with a 21st century focus.
> 
> A 21st century Focus does not include hams who do not have means to 
> electronically submit logs, or who choose to use paper logging? Let's 
> keep the focus on being inclusive rather than exclusive. I'm sure the 
> contest sponsors would narrow the window if their experience would allow 
> for it.


While I do not know the exact numbers - there are very few
paper logs submitted these days - and the numbers keep 
going down every year.

> Of course, if we're really only interested in the scores of the highest 
> scoring stations, then yes, you can shorten the grace period to a week 
> or so. Those stations will probably have the means to meet that 
> requirement. But count on losing a lot of participants, who btw., are on 
> the other side of the contacts needed to generate that top score.

The CW sprint shortened the log submission window to a week and 
I dont think this has caused entries to decline.



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