[NCC] Forwarding N8SS Message on Team Competition

Hal Offutt hal at japancorporateresearch.com
Fri Jul 26 09:15:27 EDT 2013


Earl N8SS tried to post this to the NCC reflector but it was rejected 
because he is not a member.  FYI here is his comment posted to the MRRC 
reflector.

73, Hal

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Earl Morse" <kz8e at wt.net>
To: "Hal Offutt" <hal at japancorporateresearch.com>
Cc: <ncc at contesting.com>; <mrrc at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MRRC] NAQP Team Competition


>I like the idea of competing to be on a #1 team as well.
>
> Once you have a collection of interested people you could probably go back
> through prior scores and select the best performers for the #1 team and 
> then start
> from there with the club competition to see who stays on team one or
> gets supplanted by higher scorers onto team 2.  Keeps everyone on their
> toes and generates a spirit of competition that allows MRRC and NCC to 
> field
> their best team as well as promoting improvement to allow others to move
> up into those spots when their skills and/or station reaches that level.
>
> Conversely you also get relegated to team #2 or #3 when you have been gone 
> a while or let your station fall into disrepair (like me).  There is 
> plenty of room on the teams for everyone to participate but the top spots 
> on the top team should go to those that have shown the ability and the 
> means to crank out a top score.  It is radiosport and with each contest we 
> not only compete at the international, national, section, state, and club 
> levels but we also compete against ourselves.
>
> It will keep us all on our toes in keeping our stations in repair, our 
> skills sharp, and always making the next improvement to the station/skills 
> in order to step our game up to the next level.
>
> Earl
> N8SS
>
>
>
> --- hal at japancorporateresearch.com wrote:
>
> From: "Hal Offutt" <hal at japancorporateresearch.com>
> To: "Mad River Radio Club" <mrrc at contesting.com>, "North Coast Contesters" 
> <ncc at contesting.com>
> Subject: [MRRC] NAQP Team Competition
> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 08:37:35 -0400
>
> The NAQP CW contest is coming up on August 3.
>
>
>
> Looking at the results for the last few years, it appears that the winning 
> clubs are selecting their team members based on who has produced the best 
> scores in the past.
>
>
>
> If we were to form our first team in the same way,  we would probably move 
> from our usual 25-35th place into the top ten and possibly the top five 
> (at least for the August NAQPs).  Competition to earn a place on the 
> MRRC/NCC team(s) might also lead to more member participation and more 
> fun.
>
>
>
> Is there any interest in doing this?  We have some of the best ops and 
> best stations in the country in our two clubs.  Shouldn't we be trying to 
> produce better team scores?
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Hal W1NN
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