Hi all, I like the idea of the NA plaque going to the winner of NA regardless of whether a US, VE or other NA station has won it. It is much, much harder to win NA as a US op because of the disparity
Let's not confuse things. The CQ Contests no longer have the policy that a plaque winner one year can not win the next year. This discussion is only about whether a station should win all plaques the
Maybe comparing this to other hobbies/sports would help. My daughter does competitive cheerleading and there are many divisions. You can of course win your division (eg: Jr Coed Level 5). Then like d
IMHO the best motivator in the contesting world is the reward at the end for being the best op/best station. Conversely the best demoralizer is to give an 'also-ran' an award when another station fai
Hi Randy, CQ has in the past placed Tribander Single element scorers in a different category say SOAB if the score is BETTER than other SOAB entrants thus allowing two bites at the cherry - but with
If I win everything, why not engrave the little plate on my plaque to read: K1TN Top World Top North America Top USA One plaque. But it "uses up" three plaques. That leaves a slush fund for two more
Hi Bob, The only thing I would disagree with is the Olympic medal analogy. You're talking about an event where the competitors play in the exact same conditions, which is not the case in radiosport.
That's a good idea! Same for/as the certificates... would be nice if they noted a new record too! 72/3, julius Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee
sounds like a winner to me. Mark n2qt (still hoping to EVER win a plaque) _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com
A couple reasons: Dunno about WPX, but for us, the plaques are automatically selected in the software. the results are tabulated, and the right awardee is sent to the right plaque design. I'd have to
I guess I will take the unpopular position and say that I like the plaque methodology that is already in place. There is just a limited amount of money available for plaques. To change to a winner-ta
I like the idea of awarding plaques, trophies or even medals to the top three finishers in each major geographic category: World, Continent, Country. The awards don't have to be the same: the most ex
If they change from wood to insulation, as many as I can get ;o) Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/10
Hi Dick See below: I like this idea too... Silver Dollar size award medals would be neat. I'm not much of a pin man, did like patches (but those seem to be way too 70s now). I saw a New England QSO P
If anyone wants a plaque, let me know. I've run out of wall space... Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Newtown, PA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@co
This thread has some very interesting and appropriate comments relative to the awarding of Plaques. However, I am of the opinion that there are even larger discrepancies in the area of scoring to det
Richard, if I were the 2nd top Texas station, I would be happy to receive recognition for the extraordinary effort required for that accomplishment. If you were the Top Texas station, then you should
Richard, if that were to happen, then I would have taken 2nd World, 2nd N.A., 2nd USA, etc. My accomplishment would have been 2nd to yours. I would be very proud of that. You should be recognized as
What if you were the second highest scoring station in the world behind me and we were both in Texas? You say then you don't want your outstanding effort to be recognized? I would have enough wood to
Richard you are assuming(ass/u/me) a lot of things to be true that are not necessarily true. You are assuming you are good enough to beat the same guy year after year. You are assuming the guy is not