Keysight 6000X 6Ghz Voting Is Live vote for Carlos A.

[rx8pilot]

If only a fraction of the viewers of this thread took one minute to vote - it would make a MASSIVE difference.

Please take a moment to vote if at all possible. There is a lot at stake here for all the contestants.

[EEVblog]

I just can't help myself:

[ChunkyPastaSauce]

[ChunkyPastaSauce]

one week before I leave for the big trade show of the year. Off to assemble PCB's now.

Please continue to vote  - hopefully the Carlos A entry.

Maybe you could pickup some votes at the show? Could be a lot if you're meeting a lot of people

[rx8pilot]

The first day of the show is right after voting finishes.

Sent from my horrible mobile....

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Current positions:

Position		Votes		Name
1		3520		Nilu J.
2		2787		David K.		Trails leader by 733
3		2719		Carlos A.		Trails leader by 801

[indole]

Just seen this now, will be voting everyday for you, good luck!

[Helix70]

I have Facebook, and I voted for you. No idea why people don't have a facebook account, they only need to know what you tell it. 

[ChunkyPastaSauce]

[dadler]

I haven't logged into either of my Facebook accounts for over a year, but I just dusted both of them off for you 

[diyaudio]

The Keysight 6000X has no built in spectrum analyser. right?

[kaz911]

The Keysight 6000X has no built in spectrum analyser. right?

No that is a Tek only feature

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Current positions:

Position		Votes		Name
1		3652		Nilu J.
2		2823		Carlos A.		Trails leader by 829
3		2793		David K.		Trails leader by 859

[ProBang2]

Right now, after my 3 daily votes:

 3770 Nilu J.
 2839 Carlos A.
 2800 David K.

[nano]

I don’t want this to be wasted an a heater.
Carlos you can count on my 3 daily votes!

[ChunkyPastaSauce]

[StuUK]

done mine today,

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Current positions:

Position		Votes		Name
1		3969		Nilu J.
2		2945		Carlos A.		Trails leader by 1024
3		2837		David K.		Trails leader by 1132

[rx8pilot]

Nilu J or David K cannot win by sweeping the leg.

Please vote. We need BIG participation from the forum or a 6Ghz scope with active probes will be used to design a 50Khz SMPS for an induction water heater.

[ChunkyPastaSauce]

[rx8pilot]

Moderator SIMON deleted my voting plug in another thread. It was, admittedly a bit heavy and only somewhat related to the topic. He also deleted my signature asking for votes.

At this point, I give up. I have done all I can and this was not meant to be. After a massive effort in social media and this forum - there is nearly no chance at all.

Thank you to everyone that has voted. Please keep voting if you can/remember. It is possible that the winner will have a heart attack when they see the tax liability for the win. Hoping to be in 2nd place to catch a possible fall through.

Back to real work.

[continuo]

Don't give up, it's important to stay at least in second place. There's always a chance of someone got d'qualified or the winner not able or willing to pay the taxes   

[DimitriP]

Don't give up, it's important to stay at least in second place. There's always a chance of someone got d'qualified or the winner not able or willing to pay the taxes   

^^^^^^^^^^
What he said .

and also :

"9. Winner Notification. Any potential winner will be notified by mail, email and/or telephone. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, does not respond within fourteen days from the date that Keysight first tries to notify him/her, and/or the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner forfeits all rights to win the promotion or receive the prize, and an alternate potential winner will be selected. Upon contacting a potential winner and determining that he/she has met all eligibility requirements of the promotion, including without limitation, where permitted by law, the execution of required waivers, publicity and liability releases and disclaimers, such individual will be declared a "winner" of the promotion"

... and the "leader" is a prime candidate for disqualification after the voting is over.

So...it's not over 'till it's over.

[ChunkyPastaSauce]

[rx8pilot]

I am only giving up the relentless campaigning that has earned me the votes I have. The problem is that everyone has reached the point of fatigue - sick of hearing about it. I have become a nuisance to my professional colleagues, friends, and family. 15 days is a LOT to be bombarded with constant daily appeals for votes on your Facebook timeline, text messages, forums, etc. I have to stop (or drastically slow down) or I will have no dignity left at the end.

The way this has played out is crushing, disappointing, and sad. If I include the video itself, I am creeping up on an 80 hour marathon effort to win. That is not a contest, it's a job. The effort has beat me up. All the seeds have been planted, and I can only hope that they grow.
Since the opportunity to cheat undetected is so obvious, even if I miraculously convince hundred of people to vote for me every day - it would still not be enough to overcome anyone that is willing to push the rules since they would match/exceed any performance that my entry has.

I cannot throw another week away. I don't want to throw another week away.

I have around 3058 votes right now after 7 voting days. That is a daily average of 437 votes or 145 people. That is the result of an enormous effort by a lot of people writing and sharing on my behalf to a huge audience of people in my social connections - 100k plus. Nilu J, a young student is miraculously gaining far faster and seem to pickup speed even more when other votes burst upward. Now that I have truly saturated by 1st degree audience (the ones that know me), it is exponentially more difficult to get more votes from total strangers that don't have anything to do with EE. I was hoping for a rally with the EEVBlog, but the human nature is the same here as anywhere else. Out of many thousands of members, only a handful are looking at the contest and a tiny fraction of those are actually voting for someone. At this stage, I would need to double my current voting numbers until the end to have a chance and that is assuming no one buys votes. If there is vote buying or other cheating - I would practically need to crash the site with votes. Maybe I get Justin Beiber to tweet that he will take a young girl on a date if they vote for Carlos A? That would do it.

Nilu J has a daily average of 588 or 196 voters but is also accelerating. This could be legitimate or not, there really is no way to police it. If it is legitimate, it points to the problem that this is a social media race that has nothing at all to do with the entries or the prize or Keysight. If it is not legitimate, it points to the gaping flaw in the voting system where anyone can manipulate the votes will very little effort. Either way - not good. Not fun. Not fair.