[UK-CONTEST] Contest idea "Last 2"

Rob Harrison robharrison at g8hgn.freeserve.co.uk
Tue Dec 8 06:26:09 PST 2009


David,

Only if they actually come on and work somebody!

IO83 seems to have a high population of amateurs, but seldomn seem to work 
many, and I do beam that way and call/hunt. I'd rather have a debate about 
encouraging activity than the perceived North/South divide.

73

Bob G8HGN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David, G3YYD" <g3yyd at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Contest idea "Last 2"


>
> Rob
>
> Interesting idea but it is population density dependent. There are more
> guys on in some areas than another hence more QSOs will be made in
> higher population areas. So in GM may not work as well as south-east G.
>
> David G3YYD
>
> Rob Harrison wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've had this idea for a while now to encourage activity on 2M, 
>> throughout the year, as opposed to just one evening a week or weekends.
>>
>> The idea is you get 3 points for every new "last 2" you work, i.e. the 
>> suffix of the locator square, and 1 point for any duplicates. Every 
>> contact scores. For instance JO01FO would give you FO, and IO90IR would 
>> net IR, and so on. There are 576 possible from AA to XX, so getting 
>> duplicates would be fairly rare, and some may have no activity at all 
>> normally, but would be easy to activate.
>>
>> Generally stations swap locators as part of a normal exchange outside of 
>> contests, so you wouldn't be asking for anything extra, and most initial 
>> contacts would be likely to net you a new one, and for a regular contact 
>> you still get a point. It has the benefit of being geographically 
>> neutral, as a contact in the next town is as valuable as one 1000km away. 
>> Additionally it is not so power/location dependant for scoring well, 
>> rather contact dependant.
>>
>> Anyway my 2p's worth, anyone interested?
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Bob Harrison G8HGN JO01fo
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