Thanks to everyone for their replies on this topic, I'm glad to see a
thriving community of contesters using the tools available.
I will go ahead and post my scores to the cqcontest.ru service this
coming weekend (assuming that my Internet connection is up to the
task, its a little dicy out in the jungle).
73 and see you in the pileups,
Jeff YN2AA (N6GQ)
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd@charter.net> wrote:
> I would like to use cqcontest.ru but there is no score posting tool that
> will work with WriteLog on 64-bit version of Windows 7.
>
> I was an early user of getscores.org and enjoyed it very much. It was fun
> to come into the shack and chase the station that was ahead of me in the
> online scores. The reliability and poor UI caused me to stop using
> getscores. Maybe I will try it again next weekend.
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Igor Sokolov
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 4:37 AM
>> To: Rudy Bakalov; Kim Östman; cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Status of getscores.org?
>>
>> Rudy,
>> Most of what you have mentioned in your post is already implemented in
>> cqcontest.ru (club specific, contest specific, integration with different
>> loggers). I know, that many contest participants are watching the data on
>> that site during the contest but very few choose to post their own data.
>> Guess why?
>>
>> 73, Igor UA9CDC
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Rudy Bakalov" <r_bakalov@yahoo.com>
>> To: "Kim Östman" <kim.ostman@tut.fi>; <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 2:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Status of getscores.org?
>>
>>
>> Perhaps these sites can implement contest-specific, club-specific, etc.
>> approach to branding so that there is more encouragement coming from
>> sponsors or grass-root organizations. For example, getscores.org/cqww
>> will
>> properly display the results using the existing look and feel of the CQ
>> brand. Such implementations are trivial using open source platforms, such
>> as
>> WordPress, and CSS "skins"
>>
>> To push the idea even further, how about two-way integration with N1MM
>> and
>> other loggers where the contest info window not only shows your score,
>> but
>> also displays ranking based on the data submitted to the site. The
>> opportunities for fun are endless!
>>
>>
>> Rudy N2WQ
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Kim Östman <kim.ostman@tut.fi>
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 12:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Status of getscores.org?
>>
>> Cqcontest.ru was also used officially for real-time scoring in the
>> Scandinavian Activity Contest's "National Team Contesting Trial"
>> (http://www.sactest.net/blog/sac-2012-national-team-contesting-trial/)
>> this
>> year. In addition to the scores, the site has the ability to embed
>> audio+video streams from the stations.
>>
>> The comments regarding the trial have been very positive. Hopefully these
>> kinds of real-time features will become more popular, because they add a
>> whole new social dimension to the contest experience.
>>
>> 73
>> Kim OH6KZP
>>
>>
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