[UK-CONTEST] RSGB 80mCC DATA Contests

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Steve Knowles wrote:
>Examination of the April entries for the 80mCC DATA contests reveals a 
>disturbing number of entries where PSK QSOs have been logged as 'RY'. 
>PSK and RTTY contacts no longer score the same points in this event and 
>logs cannot be properly scored if the correct mode is not indicated.
>

"PSK and RTTY contacts no longer score the same points"

But what points *do* they score? What is the optimum strategy to win? 
The answer is: nobody knows!

Because of the so-called "normalization" procedure, the optimum balance 
of QSOs between RTTY and PSK will depend on the final adjudicated scores 
of the leading stations on the two modest. For example, if there turns 
out to be a runaway leader on RTTY but not on PSK, the balance tilts in 
favour of making more PSK contacts - but there is no way to know that 
while you're actually *doing* the contest. This makes the overall winner 
into something of a lottery.



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73 from Ian GM3SEK