Dear Fellow Contester, The CQ WW Contest Committee is discussing whether use of real-time contest scoreboards is likely to convey information about band openings and profitable tactics to an extent t
Interesting question, Bob. The rule as currently written: The use of DX alerting assistance of any kind places the station in the Single Operator Assisted category. Since posting one's score is not D
As has been discussed in the past on this subject, both on the cq-contest reflector and other lists. If you are spending time trying to watch a scoreboard to figure out what band is open to where, yo
Howdy esteemed CQ WW Contest Committee, First of all, thanks for deciding to publish the logs of contesters. It should be done after the deadline and it will be a great vehicle to minimize the outrig
Another inane idea. Why not REALLY improve the contest by seriously considering remedying the ancient, unfair, archaic "points per QSO vs. your continent" nonsense. My experience tells me, unfortunat
It is a great question, worthy of debate. I also agree that posting one's score is not DX Alerting, and it should not place one in the Assisted category If we ban the internet for single-op users, ho
It is also pretty easy to exceed the 1500 watt limit with most of the high end amplifiers. So I can't use the internet to solve software problem or read my business email during a contest either? Che
Well, here in FAR Northern California, on the coast, it is indeed not a reliable indicator to hear other stations' scores heading upwards... example for this locale would be Glen's fabulous station i
It does take a awful long time. What is your solution? - 73 de Mike KB3EIA - _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.
That "ancient, unfair, archaic" rule put our 2002 CQ WW SSB M/S operation from 8P8P in third place, even though our QSOs+mults total was higher than any other station in our category (at one point pe
- Certainly it shouldn't be illegal to *post* your score to a scoreboard. Since such posting doesn't include specific frequency data, it doesn't constitute self-spotting. IMHO a single-op provides mo
Don´t complain! Inside NA at least you get 2 points per QSO, inside all other continents each QSO only gives 1 point. Fair?, no not IMO. Since it´s a worldwide competition scoring rules s
I don't see why this (Single Operator using a real-time scoreboard) even merits "discussion." How could anyone assert that a "single operator" entrant who looks at a real-time contest scoreboard via
Please kindly consider the 2 following ideas. -- Would't it be better just to publish full contest results in 1-2 months after it's over? Virtually the interest to the online scores has come (IMO) be
It's OK to have a Real Time Scoreboard in WRTC, but not OK for CQWW or other contests? I agree with K1TTT, there is no real-time data that is usefull for a serious op, and surely would not alter my s
The problem is the "strictly defined and enforced" clause. There is no such clause. Consider the following behavior, which is not uncommon for some high-scoring single-op (unassisted) operators: - Lo
Kenny, I think the committee see 2 problems. First, ops looking at it might make tactical decisions based upon the data. Second, posting to the system is deemed equivalent to a spot (and a self spot
CQ WW Contest Committee knows where is the bottleneck and could perhaps shed some light on it and see how it could be fixed. My solution and one we are trying to implement in Tesla Cup is to: 1. Get
I this is an interesting idea Vlad. The problem would be that cheaters would find and catch logging errors posted by others before submitting theirs. The whole process would become an online auction
Why not REALLY improve the contest by seriously considering remedying the ancient, unfair, archaic "points per QSO vs. your continent" nonsense. There are some things in the world, like the USA Elect