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Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Rookie Contest

To: John Geiger <aa5jg@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Rookie Contest
From: James Duffey <jamesduffey@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:43:26 -0700
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John - You wrote:
> The contest hasn't even had its initial running and they are already trying 
> to deal with problems??? What problems is real time logging going to solve?


I meant that real time logging will deal problems with contest logging in 
general, particularly after the contest is over but logs have yet to be 
submitted. So it is nice to see the ARRL implement it in a contest. I hope that 
they expand its use where appropriate. Advantages I see are:

1. Immediate feedback as to whether or not a contact is valid.  

2. No time for modifications to logs or editing of logs after the contest is 
over. What you enter during the contest is what you get.

3. No category shopping. 

4. No more requests for recordings of CW skimmer on the CQ_Contest list. :^)=

5. No more waiting months for results; they will be available immediately after 
the contest is over.

Other than not being able to enter the contest without a computer and internet 
access, I don't see any down side to this. With the oft heard laments on this 
list of the aging of the contesters and the decline in contesting, I think that 
this is at least an attempt to inject new blood into contesting, and I think 
that is good. - Duffey


--
KK6MC
James Duffey
Cedar Crest NM




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