[UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth contest scoring query

[Nigel G3TXF]

Hello Alan,

In the 2006 BERU results listing on the HFCC website they show the BCA
figure (which is irrelevant in the computation of the score) whereas in
previous years (2005, 2004) they have shown both the BCA and the (much more
important) Bonus total. It is the number of Bonus QSOs (x20) that gives you
the Bonus Points to be added to your QSO Points (x5).

Hence the confusion!

I have print-outs of the 2004, 2005 and 2006 BERU results which I studied
closely on the long flight out to V2. The bit that confuses me is the
"Restricted Section". In the 2004 BERU results 5B4AGN, ZF2NT and 5B4AGC were
shown as the top three stations in the Restricted Section. Now, as far as I
know, none of these three fine contesting chaps is into what the BERU rules
call an "antenna restricted to single element".

Maybe the definition of "Restricted" has changed since the 2004 BERU, but it
is all quite confusing!

While I'm on the subject of the Commonwealth Contest Rules as published on
the RSGB Website, there is no mention of the contest calling format. This
weekend I used nothing other than the four letters "BERU". No "Test", No
"CQ" and No "CC", just "BERU" all the way.

Good luck working out your claimed score. I did it the hard way. I used CT
in the contest and then sucked the resulting Cabrillo file into Excel to
work out my claimed score, including the Bonus Points and the BCAs.

73 - Nigel G3TXF


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Jubb - 5B4AHJ" <g3pmr at shacklog.co.uk>
To: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:24 AM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Commonwealth contest scoring query


> Hi all
>
> Looking at the 2006 published results for the CC, I am puzzled as to how
> the scores have been calculated.
> There is obviously something I am not understanding.
> The rules say "Each contact scores 5 points with a bonus of 20 points for
> each of the first three contacts with each Commonwealth Call Area on each
> band"
>
> Looking at the first two places in the 2006 results for the open section,
> we have:
>
>      Pos Calsign Score QSO BCA 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m
>      1 VE3EJ 7559 727 133 137/44 219/73 329/55 40/30 2/2
>      2 ZC4LI 6667 784 93 75/13 209/39 304/54 184/27 12/9
>
>
> For VE3EJ, I calculate the score as 727*5 + 133*20  = 6229, so where does
> the 7559 come from?
> I am puzzled by the total of 133 BCAs. Adding up the individual band
> figures gives a total of 204 BCAs. Is the 133 the number of unique BCAs?
>
> If so, then the score would be 727*5  + 204*20 = 7715, whch is still
> different to the 7559.
>
> It seems to me that the score should be a multiple of 5, so the total
> score should end in 0 or 5.
>
> Similarly for ZC4LI and other results. Can someone please explain the
> correct calculation. Where am I going wrong?
>
>
> Thanks & 73
>
> Alan 5B4AHJ-P3J
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