[RTTY] Unofficial "Claimed scores lists"

[WB2RHM - Ben Antanaitis <WB2RHM@ARRL.net>]

Definition:  A contest. An event or activity where one or more people 
compete against time or other entrants in an endeavor or activity where a 
winner is ultimately declared.

QST, CQ, NCJ, BARTG, and many other 'contest' organizers want people to 
support their contests by participating in them..,....  yet, they also make 
the contestants wait months and months (years?) in order to find out how 
they did in their competitions. Additionally, in some cases, contestants 
are required to subscribe to the sponsor's magazine or join their 
organizations in order to access the results.

Want to know the 'big secret' of why folks post to the '3830' list??

One word:    TIMELINESS

Are you trying to tell a large group of 'type A', highly 
motivated,  competitive individuals that they should 'follow my rules', 
'enter my contest' and 'shhhh, don't tell anyone how you think you did, 
it's a secret until I tell you how you did'?....... give us a break!

3830 is an electronic 'water cooler', they make no claims to listing the 
official results of any organization or contest sponsor. If you choose to 
post your score, OR NOT, is purely up to you.

I find value in the 3830 list. If I feel I've had a good or bad weekend, 
seeing how the others I consider my peers have done, puts it into 
perspective... in a timely fashion. Especially so if there is another 
contest in one or two weeks.

Personally, I would find the BARTG competitions more enjoyable, and I would 
be more motivated to compete harder in them, if they were delineated by 
power levels.  JMHO, though.

Ben WB2RHM

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