[MacLoggerContest] Year Missing on Contest Helper Panel?

[Jonathan G0DVJ]

Hi David,

As one of the serious contesters that gave input to Don when he added/ 
designed the contest helper panel I thought I should offer an answer  
to this ...

The worked before feature for contesters is purely about whether we  
have worked the station in that event before and therefore would be  
penalised for working a duplicate again, so the year is superfluous.   
If set up for this by specifying the date range to dupe check as most  
contesters would do, the year would always be displayed the same and  
hence no point to display it.    As a regular contester, it is very  
likely I would have worked lots of stations in the same contests for  
years, but frankly that is of little interest to me during a  
contest ... simply have I worked them (possibly per mode/band) in the  
current contest before.

No, it wouldn't slow me down if the year is there but in general it's  
a good principle to minimize the information in front of an operator  
when he is doing lots of other stuff with his brain while working  
stations as fast as possible.  Remember if you are giving away points  
in a contest to a "serious"/"big" contest station, the guy you are  
working is not simply working stations like you, he making lots of  
other judgements and doing other things to maximize his score  
simultaneously while working you.

I suppose it would be possible to add even more code to display the  
year IF and only IF the date range isn't set to limit the dupe check  
to a period in the same year but only Don would know if this is worth  
it to please more people.   For now, I think the contest helper window  
does the best thing for most contesters.

Hope this helps understand the original design idea.
73
Jonathan G0DVJ
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On 6 Jun 2009, at 02:53, David Kaplan wrote:


> To all:

>

> I realize that contesters might not need the year worked in a  

> contest, but would it slow them down if it were there? I enjoy  

> contests, but am not a serious contester, so I can't answer this  

> myself. At my level it wouldn't bother me, but that's not an answer.

>

> It would be nice to have it there in normal operation to know when/ 

> if I've worked someone before, and not just this year.

>

> And aren't there any contests that span Dec 31/Jan 1????? Just  

> Kidding.

>

> Thanks,

>

> David, WA1OUI

>

>

>

>

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