[CQ-Contest] RDXC 24 hours M/M

[VR2BrettGraham]

UA9CDC added:

> >  Participants aren't "equal".  An RX9T or RA3A will not be called in RDXC
> >  by some of the non-combatants that will call a 5B (or, from my own
> >  experience, a VR, XX or 9M6).  Non-combatants tend not to submit entries
> >  or checklogs&  in a contest like RDXC where a Q essentially only counts
> >  if it was found in the other stations' logs, we
> >  not-exactly-garden-variety DX suffer.
>    
> As far as I know the above statement is not quite correct. If someone's log
> is missing the attempt is made to recreate sort of a artificial log of that
> station based on available logs. That technically mean that if that
> non-combatant worked not only one but several participants, the likelihood
> of counting his contacts for points is pretty high.
>    

In RDXC, the exchange includes a serial number.  How to determine serial 
numbers sent by non-combatants in Qs that were derived from 
participants' logs?  It also seems to be a bit of a challenge to me to 
say whether or not a Q with a non-combatant claimed by participant even 
took place.  The "confirmed" bits in RDXC results, to be confirmed, seem 
to have to come from logs received.

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>
>    
>> >  But it does seem to support 5B4AIZ's (and my) feeling -
>> >  not-exactly-garden-variety DX is at a disadvantage in contests where
>> >  adjudication is based entirely on submitted entries.
>>      
> I think the disadvantage you are talking about is more then compensated for
> by  "DXness" and geographical position. We experienced that in 2005 working
> in RDXC from 8Q7 where we were #4 in the final results despite of being much
> less equipped then some of the EU stations down in the results. My statement
> is also supported by last year first place by 4Z5J and numerous top 3
> results made by different people from 5B4.

Yes, being DX helps but so does being loud.  I doubt non-combatants are 
more attracted to louder DLs or IK5s because those stations are louder 
than they would be attracted to not-garden-variety DX.

I think not-garden-variety DX is at a disadvantage in RDXC & a quick 
look a little closer seems to support this belief, see 
http://home.pacific.net.hk/~vr2bg/hrsa/analysis.html to see what I mean.

> Having said that I myself do not like to be penalized for the mistakes of
> others. Still as long as the rules are the same for every participant I am
> happy to participate.

Two issues - one is getting dinged for others' mistakes & is frustrating 
for all, the other is one that is frustrates a few for simply who they 
are.  In the case of the not-garden-variety DX competing at the top of 
the game, the result could be roughly doubling the amount of wasted time 
(making Qs that don't count) than others.  For the occasional 5B4, 
probably not a problem as still having more fun than staying at home.  
The resident 5B4 - as once not-garden-variety DX myself - might see it 
differently. ;^)

73, ex-VR2BG/p.