I'm just guessing here, but I'll bet that a large percentage of the time
it takes to publish results is used to double check all the anomalies
that clueless people build into their logs one way or the other. I'm
not sure how technology shortens the time to do that without saying
"tough luck" to everyone that may have been affected by those anomalies.
Dave AB7E
On 7/21/2012 12:52 PM, Rudy Bakalov wrote:
> Does this also mean that the results will be available and published much
> quicker? Not much use of technology if it's not applied to scoring as well.
>
> Rudy N2WQ
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bob Cox <bobk3est@gmail.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 2:18 PM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ Update
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> Dear Fellow Contesters,
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>
> *With the technology available today and the presence of the internet
> practically everywhere, it has been decided to reduce the log submission
> time for all CQ contests to five (5) days. *
>
>
> Your log should be sent to the appropriate robot within five (5) days after
> the end of the contest. Reviewing the submissions from last year’s CQ WW
> DX contests, ~ 70% of all electronic logs were received within 7 days after
> the contest. We realize that in some cases circumstances may not allow a
> timely submission. Requests for an extension must be received before the
> log submission deadline by sending an e-mail to questions@cqww.com.
>
>
> *The first CQ contest affected by this new log deadline will be the CQ WW
> RTTY contest taking place in September (see CQ WW DX RTTY reflector).*
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>
> More information on other important CQ WW matters will be provided to the
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