[SECC] Contest rule change

[Rick Dougherty NQ4I]

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On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Kevan Nason <knason00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This really seems to me to be the case of the haves vs. the have nots.
> At the risk of stating the obvious, I'll explain why I have the viewpoint I
> do. I am more idealistic than most.
>
> It is reasonably clear that the NE has the advantage over the SE since
> more stations are in Europe than in South America.  Europe is by far
> the prized directions due to number of operators alone.  (I'm discounting
> JA's for this discussion). Yes, the SE has the advantage toward South
> America, but that doesn't help very much.
>
> Why do people, and big super stations, contest? Many say to be #1.
> What pleasure is there in being #1 if you've such an advantage at the
> beginning? How can you get a lot of satisfaction in that? If you have a
> sports car and you're sitting next to someone in a Prius and the light
> turns green, are you pleased with yourself when you beat them off
> the line? Wouldn't you expect to and if your happy you did do it, what
> gives you satisfaction in being able to do it?
>
> I never bother to compare my contest results to anyone in the NE.
> It's a waste of time.  There isn't any way I could beat them if our stations
> and operating skills were the same.  Some have said you need to get
> a better station than the 1's and 2's to compete.  There's a heck of a
> lot of money and talent up there. It's virtually impossible to believe you
> could make a station so much bettter than theirs that you could compete.
>
> And travel to foreign lands just to be number 1?  Ok, good for you. You've
> found a way to be number 1.  You had to go get yourself a Ferrari to be
> number 1.
>
> What if the playing field was more leveled?  What if there was a way to
> make the stations more even, kind of like the HF world championship sets
> up?  Wouldn't that make it more of a "contest" than a "where do you live"
> event?
>
> My vote is for distance based -- if a fairly equitable scoring system could
> be found.  It would better show the quality of the operators and stations
> than
> what we currently have. I have emailed and let my voice be heard.
>
> Kevan
> N4XL
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