It seems a shame that the scoring should irritate people to the point
of giving up. But I understand the feeling.
It's like your big brother checking your homework. Or your high school
English teacher scoring the contest logs. Or your mother cleaning out
your ears. Or the IRS and penalties.
There is an alternative:
TWO-WAY ACCURACY BONUS for each end of a qso with all elements correct
at both ends.
ADDED TO the scores by the log checking programs. No more penalties
except for DQ for the usual kinds of ugly, on purpose stuff. Zero
point busted QSO's.
Publish the bonus portion of the scores with the scores. Looks at
accuracy in a POSITIVE way.
In a temptation situation, thinking to guess, maybe 1/3 chance, much
better use of the time to try and get it right, because of the BONUS.
73, Guy.
On Wed, 05 May 1999 14:19:48 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>
>> > >I think deleting three qso's for a busted call is too much.
...snip...
>
>I have already writen ARRL that my last contest submission has already
>been sent.
...snip...
>Creating such harsh scoring examination is going to drive away new
>contesters an place the old weekend warior compaints of contests right
>back in everyone's faces.
> 73, Bob Reed, W2CE
73, Guy
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Guy Olinger, K2AV
k2av@qsl.net
Apex, NC, USA
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