Interesting idea. The CQMM DX Contest, next weekend, has just such a
club team competition, new this year. See the rules at
<http://www.powerline.com.br/cwjf/Regulamento_Ing.pdf>
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 4/8/2011 12:29 AM, Jack Haverty wrote:
> Perhaps it would be worth considering redefining how club competitions
> are scored.
>
> Clubs might be defined by their members in any way they like -
> geography, camaraderie, favorite contest, radio interests, when first
> licensed, the radio net they meet on regularly - whatever they choose.
> Maybe a contest imposes some fairly loose constraints, e.g., being all
> in the same country.
>
> Clubs would field one or more teams, with each team's composition
> well-defined by the rules for a particular contest. For example, in
> some contest a team might be defined as 5 operators - who could be
> either at a multi or at their home stations. Perhaps a team might be
> required to have at least 1 LP and 1 QRP member, and at least one
> rookie.
>
> Because teams are of limited size, almost any group calling itself a
> club could field a team. Some clubs might be able to field a lot of
> teams. Team scores are computed by adding up the scores of the team
> members. So all teams compete on a pretty equal basis. Teams even can
> compete against each other within a club.
>
> Perhaps a contest has several different team categories - BigGuns
> (multis, big antennas, etc) with teams of 10 members and LittlePistols
> (all LP and tribander/wires) with teams of 5.
>
> Clubs compete by seeing which club can field the best team(s), or the
> most teams who end up in the top ten, or whatever.
>
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