Win 100 EUR monthly / Radio Scanner in our AIS contest!
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#1 November 9 2010, 16:22 Win 100 EUR monthly / Radio Scanner in our AIS contest!We're having a new competition, starting today. For sharing your live AIS data you'll get points. Collect as many points as possible during a month and have a chance at winning 100 EUR each month. At the end of the competition (April 2011) one of the previous winners will get a Icom IC-R5 radio scanner. You can sign up for the competition anytime you want, even after it has already started! > Go to AIS contest page  Выигрывай 100 EUR ежемесячно / Радио-Сканнер в нашем AIS конкурсе!Сегодня мы начинаем новый конкурс. Вы получаете баллы за пересылку AIS данных. Каждый месяц участник, набравший наибольше количество баллов, будет выигрывать 100 EUR. Период проведения конкурса: до 07.04.2011 года. По окончанию конкурса, все промежуточные победители примут участие в розыгрыше главного приза Icom IC-R5. Зарегистрироваться в конкурсе можно в любой момент! > Перейти на страницу AIS конкурса  Jeden Monat 100 EUR und einen Radio-Scanner in unserem AIS-Wettbewerb gewinnen!Wir haben ab sofort einen neuen Wettbewerb. Für das Weiterleiten Ihrer Live AIS-Daten erhalten Sie Punkte. Sammeln Sie so viele Punkte wie möglich im Monat und gewinnen Sie jeden Monat 100 EUR. Am Ende des Wettbewerbs (April 2011) wird einer der vorherigen Gewinner einen Icom IC-R5 Radio-Scanner erhalten. Sie können sich zum Wettbewerb jederzeit anmelden, auch noch nach Beginn! > Zur Wettbewerbsseite 1 times edited. Last time by Lena - Nov 9 '10, 16:37.
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#3 November 11 2010, 11:31Hello ookten,We've been evaluating all criteria and initially had range and vessel count as a factor for additional points. However, we had to decided against them. Vessel Count: It wouldn't be completely fair if your receiver is placed in a strait or channel (like Bosporus or the English Channel). A LOT of ships are passing those areas during the day and nobody with a receiver in a port would have a chance. Reception Range: It's too easy to fake. The range is based on the coordinate you set for yourself on the map. So one could just set the coordinate 100 km off and all received ships would be +100km more away. This is the only fair way we came up with, it seems more fair to everyone. If you have further suggestions, please do so 
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#7 November 12 2010, 10:03
ookten:
Dear Alex,
This new competition is based on just "uninterrupted ais feeding" isnt it? so, what about visible vessels and receptions range? are they unimportant for contest? if you dont evaluate those criteria nobody work hard for send more datas. I can put my one of receivers on a corner with an UPS and send very few feeds but uninterrupted. Why I put my all stations in this competition? Why I work for better reception on my stations? If I think just for this contest, there is no reason for work hard.. If you don't want this happens you should evaluate all criterias.. if you dont evaluate "radio stuff" how could you call it "radio contest"? it is just "UPS operating contest" or "best uninterrupted internet service provider contest" with this criteria.. Please add VISIBLE VESSELS and RECEPTION RANGE to the contest as criteria.. Best regards.. öZgür Dear Ozgur, As Alex advised you we find it more fair the radio amateur to keep an eye on his / her station to work with no long-term interruptions than vessel number that station shows and the range of perception of the station. For example one person could send the data from a small port with poor traffic and the other could set the station in some crowded by vessels port like Gibraltar. It is not possible to count the points by the range of perception from the technical point of view. Note that we will have such competitions all the time. And we appreciate your activity in the community and your contribution to our project. As per our conversation on the phone I hope all the issues are solved and you will let us know your ideas and suggestions. It is always nice to speak with you on the phone Elena 1 times edited. Last time by Lena - Nov 12 '10, 10:05.
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#12 November 13 2010, 10:42
Days - calendar or from the moment of the transfer beginning?
In the rules it does say "at the end of the month". So all points between the 1st and the 31st of a month are considered; after that everyone's points are reset to 0.
Who can participate?
Obviously everyone can participate
At present moment I share the data for 36 hours without breaks ... but i still have no points.
Points are only counted for full days. Obviously you won't get 5 points for the day when you start sharing at 22:00  The points are always updated at midnight (CET) for the previous day.
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#15 November 14 2010, 20:15Good catch. Something is being sent (that's why it's not displayed as 'offline') but it doesn't appear to be any valid AIS data.The points will be revoked and in the future points will only be awarded to people with actual AIS data
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#16 November 15 2010, 9:18
ookten:
any other technical radio skills
I use the self-made Moxon-Beam , modified (discriminator output) Alinco DJ-182, AISmon to decode and AISdispatcher to share , is this enough for "radio skills"??
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#17 November 15 2010, 12:33
Ra1oks:
I use the self-made Moxon-Beam , modified (discriminator output) Alinco DJ-182, AISmon to
decode and AISdispatcher to share , is this enough for "radio skills"?? Sure, those are very good radio skills.. unfortunately this contest does not measure this skills.. |
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#19 November 15 2010, 17:10
ookten:
unfortunately this contest does not measure this skills..
Like I said: if you have an idea how to fairly reward people for antenna performance and reliability without favoring those who live at a strait... then please, share your ideas Reliability is a pretty important factor for live data. Imagine a pilot who can't navigate his plane because the navigation system went down Distance is important too because it also reflects the antenna's performance; but it can't be measured fairly by us, it's too easy to cheat.
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