[UK-CONTEST] Developing NFD

[Dave Sharred]

Interesting note, Roger.

Personally; I would prefer if the UK event had similar rules to other EU
countries (maybe defacto dxbiassed); I used to submit our log also to DARC;
but we get docked a lot of points; since we have heavy S&P across bands; in
DARC at least they have a 10 minute rule.  But we are talking about
attracting more countries other than DARC into the event.

I think in NFD there are sometimes other clubs that participate; and some
countries (ie Russia) are not able to use /P? so it is hard to recognise
other's efforts,

I would love to see NFD grow into a bigger Region 1 event; and see how we
compare with EU stations - 2 listings; and maybe a bit more for RSGB to
write about as well!

But, we would need a near common set of rules to make a true comparison.
Maybe we don't need all the sections that others (=DARC) have; but at least
sections that dovetail in to a set of rules that are generally accepted.

Dave
G3NKC (/P)



-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of G3SXW
Sent: 12 June 2005 22:45
To: UK-Contest
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Developing NFD


Dear UK-Contest,
NFD would be even more fun if QSO volumes were higher.
There are just not enough stations to work.
One way to build activity might be to make it a truly Europe
-wide contest. At present there are lots of UK and DL
stations and some from HB9 and ON, but nearly all other
countries are very sparsely represented. Why? Because
EA or OK or OH entrants have nowhere to send their logs
and no-one to compete against. At present each country
runs its own event and only UK and DL has enough entrants
to make a competitive event.
There is something called 'IARU Region 1 Field Day' but
this seems to exist only in name. Efforts to unify the timing
were successful some years ago, but scoring has never
been standardised. In UK it is a portable contest (double-
points) whereas in Germany it is a DX contest (country
mults, like our SSB event in September).
But having different scoring-systems isn't a problem these
days because computerisation means that the organisers
re-score your raw log - you send in QSO details, they compute
the score for you. So, it is now simple for organisers to re-
score your log on any set of scoring-rules, and publish the
results in more than one format.
At present we (G0AAA/P) send our log to RSGB and also
to DARC just for fun. So, DARC are already doing the job
(and with great efficiency, results published within six weeks).
All it would take would be for the IARU Region 1 Contest Co-
Ordinator to promote the event and provide awards, in
collaboration with DARC. In parallel with our national results
(based on our own scoring-system) there could be a Europe-
wide listing, plus a listing for any other country with enough
entrants, (based on an IARU points-system).
It's almost a no-brainer - so easy to accomplish.
Then the Field Day spirit could blossom in Latvia and
Greece and Portugal just as in UK and Germany, with all the
fantastic benefits which only FD can offer.
How about it IARU?
73 de Roger/G3SXW.
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