[RTTY] Bragtag

[Dave]

>Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:44:15 +0000
>From: John Barber <SKA at bartg.demon.co.uk>
>Subject: [RTTY] Unofficial "Claimed scores lists"
>To: "rtty at contesting.com" <rtty at contesting.com>
>Message-ID: <41FD471F.82F530BC at bartg.demon.co.uk>
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>You will all have seen the lists of claimed scores which are posted
>after every RTTY contest. They must be popular with some contesters;
>personally I rarely post a score after a test. The whole idea seems
>depressing as such a list can only tell you if you have done badly .. it
>can never tell you that you have won! There are some more serious
>problems for a contest manager when these lists appear.

>I looked at the recent mail headed "2005 BARTG Sprint - All Claimed
>Scores 27Jan2005". As BARTG Contest Manager I know that this is
>nonsense; maybe it should read "2005 BARTG Sprint - Claimed scores sent
>by a few contesters to someone who has no connection with the BARTG
>Sprint".

>This might seem unimportant but I already have mail from 3 worried
>contest entrants. They have sent in a contest log to BARTG, it has been
>acknowledged, but because their claimed score is not in this list they
>think that there is a problem. Worse still are the couple of complaints
>I get every year, after the results are posted, from the unfortunates
>who have sent a score to some list but not to the contest sponsor. They
>really think that they have entered the contest and that the list is an
>official BARTG route for their entry. The first info you see on the
>unofficial list is the correct place to send the log, but it gets
>ignored.

>My other concern is with the general feel of the contest and how the
>classes are set up for every different test. One example ... I have
>always been against any form of high power / low power division, as such
>a rule is completely unenforceable in a world-wide contest. Neither of
>the BARTG contests will have such rules while I am manager. Now look at
>the "claimed scores" list  .. suddenly we appear to have high power, low
>power and QRP classes!  All this does is cause confusion for the
>beginners and less well informed in our ranks.

>As a matter of interest the list above showed 114 claimed scores. About
>40 of those stations have not yet sent in logs to BARTG, but we already
>had 540 logs submitted when the list was posted. Keep them coming to: 
>ska at bartg.demon.co.uk 
>if you want to be in the results, not just the brag list!

>Cheers,

>John GW4SKA
>BARTG Contest Manager



Depressing? 
Serious problems?
No entry class changes? (That's a shame!)
People bragging?

IMHO, the posted "claimed scores" are an exceptionally valuable indicator to me, keep posting them please!

73 Dave
G4WFQ













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