[NLRS] Re: [BC'ers] 6M Sprint and other stuff - Running the DXDash Logger was a real hoot

[Duane - N9DG]

Well I did get on shortly after 7 PM last night and was
running the DXDash logger program for the ~3hrs I was on.
Even with the typical slow pace and lackluster participation
of a sprint contest around here it was fun. I found that
watching the score change and grow near "real-time" for my
"competition" was definitely a motivator. I found my self
thinking along the lines of: "if I can just make 2 more Q's
and another grid it will put me ahead of station K#XYZ".
Conceptually this kind of thought process is along the lines
of a racehorse running faster and harder if they are running
against another horse than if running alone.

Being a sprint and being 6M (6M not one of my stronger bands)
my score was pretty ho-hum. Although I did hear bits and
pieces of some NE/East coast stations but nobody that I could
work. I got on just before the world series started and it
seemed that many of the local-ish stations that I first heard
when I got on just evaporated at around 7:15P. I can only
wonder how much better the sprint would have been if it
wasn't for the baseball game, oh well.

For an overview of the participants running the DXDash Logger
last night:

http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/vhfcontesting/2005-October/006000.html

http://w2ev.rochesterny.org/DXDashLogger/Spectator.htm
(This link may go away at any time)

Duane
N9DG


--- Duane - N9DG <n9dg at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Depending on how things work out I plan to dabble in the 6M
> sprint. I doubt if I can be on for the entire time period
> or
> even be very serious about. And it is quite possible that I
> won't be able to get on at all.
> 
> If I do manage to get on I will be playing with the DXDash
> Logger program/web interface that is a near real-time
> scoring
> tool that allows participants to see how the contest is
> progressing. You can find more information about it here:
> 
> http://w2ev.rochesterny.org/DXDashLogger/
> 
> It is a really cool idea that I think can add a whole new
> dimension to VHF contesting, - could even make radio
> contesting a spectator sport of sorts..
> 
> Sorry I missed the Wednesday night net. I had the gear all
> fired up and ready to go but my S9 noise level to the SE
> precluded me from hearing much of anything I so did other
> things while I pouted :).
> 
> Duane
> N9DG



		
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