I can't speak for others, but N1MM Logger+ gives you the option of *not*
providing band breakdowns, so I can't see how serious competitors give
away anythingif the scoreboard doesn't show what band you're on or how
you are doing on different bands. Besides, the real audience for this
is (or should be) non-contesters who wonder what it's all about and
(hopefully) catch the bug.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 3/25/2015 8:43 PM, Jeffrey Embry wrote:
I can't speak for others, but I will say watching the scores will be my
way of participating this weekend as I will not be able to play due to
recovering from surgery that is scheduled for Friday.
So I welcome as much participation as possible. Contesting can be a
spectator sport.
73
Jeff
K3OQ
On Mar 25, 2015 8:39 PM, "Ken Widelitz" <widelitz@gte.net> wrote:
I've been reading this thread and having a hard time understanding why
anyone who is seriously competing would want to tell their competitors how
they are doing.
I've never looked at a scoreboard, except for WRTC 2014, and I was not
competing against the WRTC competitors. Of course, for the most part I
operate unassisted, so I'm not seeing where the competition is operating.
But even in my serious assisted efforts, virtually exclusively in phone
contests, I don't want to look at a scoreboard.
If I saw I was way ahead, I would get complacent. If I saw I was way behind
I would get discouraged, not motivated. But that is what I know about
myself.
This aspect of our hobby is called "contesting." It is a competition. Why
help your competition by telling them how you are doing if they have a
personality where it might motivate them?
I have a hard time believing that watching a scoreboard is going to attract
non contesting hams to contesting. Watching an actual operation to see the
fun and actually operating is going to do that.
73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT
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