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Getting started

Every contest, as a race

ContestScope takes the live scores that loggers post during the contest and turns every category into a race you can follow: who leads, who is closing in, on which band, at what rate. After the contest it keeps the replay, and it analyzes your own log.

Three steps

Nothing to install, nothing to configure

01Post your score live, as usual

Turn on online score posting in your logger. If you already post your score live during contests, you're already in ContestScope.

02Open your contest

The home page lists what is ON AIR and COMING UP, then the latest contests and the archive. Every contest open for live score posting is here.

03Sign in to center it on you

A free account and your callsign in Settings put you in the middle of the race: MY RACE, the Cockpit and your target follow your station.

DURING THE CONTEST

Follow the race live

LIVE SCORE

The standings of your category with score, QSOs, multipliers, pace and the band each station is on.

  • MY RACE: you and the stations around you, with the leader on top.
  • TOP 10, TOP 5 and FULL FIELD.
  • Combined views put SO and SOA together, assisted stations marked (A).

COCKPIT · the competitor's view

  • Your race: four stations ahead and four behind, with their pace.
  • Band Battle: who owns each band and your gap in QSOs and multipliers.
  • Max rate: fastest station now, or best 60 minutes of the contest.
  • Target: your score against the world, continent or country record, or a log you load.
  • Solar data and weather alerts for your grid square.

CLUBS · RECORDS · COMPARE · HOURLY

Club totals with every member, published records with their pace, stations side by side, and hour by hour head to head.

AFTER THE CONTEST

Dig into your own log

LOG ANALYSIS

your effort, minute by minute

Upload your Cabrillo log and see how your contest really went: rates minute by minute and your best 10, 30 and 60 minutes with their exact times, breaks, multipliers, band changes, your operating pattern hour by hour.

CONTEST REPLAY

Your log played back on the map, QSO by QSO and band by band, as you have never seen it.

CHARTS AND ANIMATIONS

Every chart can be saved as an image and every replay as an animation, ready to share on social media.

THE FULL REPORT

Generate the complete report as a .txt file, ready to post on the claimed-score sites and on social media.

COMPARE TWO LOGS

Load two logs of the same contest and put them side by side: this year against last year, or you against a rival.

HISTORY

Save your logs to your History and keep them year after year. Compare them with each other, or pick last year's log as your target for the next edition and race against yourself live in the Cockpit.

RACE REPLAY

The whole contest played back from the score reports, category by category: watch 48 hours in about a minute and see every lead change.

ARCHIVE

Past contests stay on the home page with their races, band activity and replay, for anyone to look at.

While you look around

Two things that help

The "?" next to each panel explains what it shows and how to read it.
Hover any button or tab and a short note tells you what it does.
Questions

Common questions

Is it free?

Yes, and it always will be.

Do I need an account?

Not to watch. Live scores, replays and the archive are open to everyone. A free account adds MY RACE, the Cockpit centered on your station, Log Analysis with its Contest Replay, and your History of saved logs.

Does ContestScope calculate my score?

No. Live races show the claimed score your logger sends, with its QSO and multiplier totals. Log checking and official results belong to each contest committee.

Why isn't my contest listed?

A contest appears as soon as it opens for live score posting, usually shortly before the start.

Why can't I see the band breakdown?

Some contests do not allow non-assisted single operators to see other stations' band details. Rules Mode follows each contest's rules for the category you declare.

I see something wrong. What do I do?

Write to me at manu@lu9esd.com or use Leave Feedback at the bottom of the home page. ContestScope is in constant development and every report helps.

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