[CQ-Contest] ARRL Club Competition Rules

[Anthony Brooks]

Here is my two cents worth, for what it is worth.  I am also happy to see
the review.  The big suggestion that I would make is allow the stations to
submit scores for two clubs, one local and the other large.

I think that being able to send scores for the two clubs would help to
increase the activity in the local club catagory.  I know I, along with
others, would like to submit scores to support their local general interest
club while still supporting the big contest club.  Without the local clubs
drumming up interest in contesting, how is the sport of radio to grow?  I
personally started out with local club contesting and now participate with a
contest club.  The local club generated the interest in contesting and that
interest outgrew the local club and now the contest club helps to keep the
interest high.

As I stated, this is my two cents worth, for what its worth.

73

Anthony WM3T
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From: Randy Thompson, K5ZD <k5zd at ma.ultranet.com>
To: Contest Reflector <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Cc: K1HT <dave_hoaglin at abtassoc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 8:11 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Club Competition Rules


>
> I am happy to see that the CAC is reviewing the club competition rules.
> This is an area that could definitely use some work.
>
> I generally believe the club competition is good for contesting.  It
> provides an additional motivation for people to get on the air.  But I
also
> think the current three tier competition is not fairly constructed.  It
> actually provides an incentive for local clubs to limit the participation
of
> their members.  It is also not right that the YCCC, PVRC, MRRC, or FRC
> should ever show up in the medium club category.  We need to get away from
> number of log submissions to determine club size and tie it instead to the
> number of members listed on the secretary's letter.  Then the incentive
> would move to getting as many members as possible to do any score they
can.
>
> The current meeting attendance rules invite incredible abuse.  Only
> requiring attendance at two meetings, with no rules as to what constitutes
a
> meeting, makes the requirement a joke.  The YCCC is a great example.  We
> have 'hundreds' (or so it seems) of meetings throughout the year so that
> everyone can get their two meetings in.
>
> I would prefer to see the rule either removed completely (lets have clubs
> just sign up everyone they can and try to get them on the air) or made
more
> restrictive (go back to a percentage of meetings attended).
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
> Randy Thompson, K5ZD
> 11 Hollis Street, Uxbridge, MA 01569 USA
> Tel 508-278-2355 E-mail k5zd at ma.ultranet.com
> Web: http://www.k5zd.com
>
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