To me, contesting is very much a social event as well as an
independent race. In my mind, you get the best of both worlds, and you
get to choose which one (or both, or neither) you focus on.
For me, I get a lot out of seeing how my friends are doing. I also
like to see how my competition is doing, and that helps drive me. Of
course I also know that only a fraction of ops are actually using the
score reporting, so it's somewhat academic at that point.
The other thing is that many of us have family and friends that while
not hams, know of our pursuits and want to cheers us on or keep track
of how we're doing. Thats where I think something like cqcontest.net
is awesome.
I really like cqcontest.net - and I do wish more people would use it.
I understand those that don't though, and no harm no foul. In fact, in
ARRL DX, my logger crashed hard when cqcontest.net was unreachable -
which made me think twice about using it (and when your link to the
outside world is a 3G antenna on the tower that gets blown off the air
when you transmit, that happens regularly). But that's life in the
jungle and I found a way to report most of the time, albeit sometimes
delayed by band changes :)
73 de N6GQ, YN2AA
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 4:58 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
> I also would say that It would be nice to support what our friends are doing
> in other areas so they continue to support our contests like ARRL DX.
>
> In regards to scoreboard watching. You can't believe everything you see so
> never give up. Log checking is real. Are top competitors looking at it
> during the test and is there anything they can really do to change what is
> happening at their shack? I guess they could see they are losing and try
> harder but I suspect the top guys are already going full out.
>
> Where were the complaints at WRTC? Did the scoreboard change the outcome?
> I don't think so.
>
> Mike W0MU
>
>
> On 3/22/2015 3:29 PM, Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA wrote:
>>
>> I think Rick means posting ongoing live scoreboards, not post-test 3830
>> results scores, right Rick?
>>
>> Let's be clear.
>>
>>
>> Of 3830, I have this to say:
>>
>> I love it ! I can air my beefs, tribulations, trials and triumphs..I
>> always
>> try to put something into my 3830 report.
>>
>> You'll notice (or not) that often in the larger and/or more popular
>> contests, my posts are lengthy, humourous and/or sarcastic (to a point).
>>
>> For the ARRL-10 the past couple years I've written Xmas stories.
>>
>>
>> As far as: the cqcontest.ru live scoreboard ; is that what you mean? I
>> tried it once or twice, when it was run by W1VE (not the Russians) and
>>
>> after using it for some time, I didn't like the idea. I felt my
>> competition, such as it is, could see what I was doing and or I could see
>> them. Not assistance per se, but close enough imo.
>>
>>
>> For most contests, I go UNassisted, so I am not able to check the DX
>> clusters to see what my competition is doing. (that's the way I like it.)
>>
>>
>> Yes, it's a horse race and there's no doubt in anyone's mind that NQ4I
>> does
>> exceedingly well, but put the shoe on the other foot Rick. Have you
>> considered this:
>>
>> If NQ4I was 100w and a vertical, would you want to see yourself getting
>> trounced by your neighbour with a Stacks and a kW ?
>>
>>
>> Maybe for the large M/M's, M/2's or M/S's where it has a social event
>> aspect
>> I can see the allure, but personally I don't want to see the large "
>> locals"
>> bang me into the ground all weekend.
>>
>>
>> I'd rather look post-test and see how I did :
>>
>> A) against my previous scores
>>
>> B) against others in my area and category/power level, comparable
>> antennas.
>>
>>
>> I don't need reminded that I am getting pummeled every minute for 48 hours
>> straight. (yes, I know it's broken out by category..but still my points
>> have
>> been made)
>>
>>
>> Always nice to work NQ4I by the way.
>>
>>
>> Mike VE9AA.often 100w and a vertical
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>>
>> Keswick Ridge, NB
>>
>>
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