[CQ-Contest] Mobile contesting Handicap

[Thomas Horton]

Bill,
 Having done a bit of mobile contesting 
in the past, I like the way you think!
73, tom K5IID


> [Original Message]
> From: <W1HIJCW at aol.com>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Cc: <k7gt at comcast.net>; <ed.miske at kennametal.com>
> Date: 8/4/03 16:21:43
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Mobile contesting Handicap
>
> You know your commute is too long (and there is no contest going on) when
you 
> have time to mull over such things as:
>
> A proposed handicap for stations doing CW contests mobile in motion,
single 
> op, no computer, no memory keyer, no recorder ...
>
>               ---                   ----
>               |      (raw score)       |
>               | ---------------------  | 
> Final Score = |    (1/CS) + (1/RS)     | X (1/TD)
>               |    ----------------    |
>               |           2            |
>               ---                   ----
>
>      Where: CS = average speed of CW ("PARIS" standard wpm)
>             RS = average road speed for session (in Km/hour)
>             TD = "traffic density" factor (0<TD>1)
>
> Hence for NAQP, my 21 Q's & 12 mults for 252 points becomes:
>
> Final Score = (252 / (((1/30) + (1/125)) / 2)) * (1/0.6)
>             = 20322.58065 points
>
>
> chuckle, chuckle , :>)
>
> 73 de Bill, W1HIJ/6
>
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