[ILQSO] LOG DEADLINES

[Michael Johnson]

Hi Jim,

The WI QSO Party changed the submission period to 2 weeks a couple of years
ago.  It seemed to have made no difference to the participation numbers.
There were a couple of ramifications however:

1.  As part of the log checking process, the database kicks out a report of
call signs of stations that are "mentioned" a lot but no log has been
submitted.  We will often send a reminder to nudge those particular
stations to submit.  With the shorter submittal period, that makes such a
nudge a bit more difficult to accomplish.

2.  The shorter time frame really did result in quicker results being
published.  Having said that, log analysis and scoring require more than
just letting a computer add up numbers.  The human analysis is very
important.  That can't be shortened.  So taking the time to get it right is
the most important consideration.  Despite that, we still manage to have a
hic-up or two.

MJ, WO9B



On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 2:06 PM <n9jfcountyhunter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey troops,
> I'm curious about something: More and more contests are dropping the log
> submission deadlines from the usual 30 days down to ....a lot less in some
> cases.  I'd like an opinion (please check one or more):
> 1) For a QSO party, 30 days is fine.  Lots of participants are casual, and
> it may take them 30 days to figure out how to submit a log.  Plus that
> gives
> the sponsors time to bug the ones that haven't sent a log yet.
> 2) In the interest of getting quicker results, 10-14 days is appropriate
> for
> a log submission deadline.
> 3) When the contest is over, it's over.  I can create a Cabrillo file in 5
> minutes and e-mail it while I'm thinking about it.  3-7 days is plenty for
> a
> deadline.
>
> Other random thoughts?  Thanks, 73, Jim N9JF
>
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