[UK-CONTEST] RSGB 80mCC DATA Contests

[Steve Knowles]

Hi Ian

While it's strictly correct to say that nobody knows what the winning 
strategy is, it's possible to make a very educated guess and to plan your 
operating accordingly.  I have two April entrants who have confidently 
stated that they have cracked the system - time will reveal all!

Any time you would like to make a few data QSOs (or even submit a log) you 
would be very welcome to join in the fun.

73

Steve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian White GM3SEK" <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RSGB 80mCC DATA Contests


> 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.
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
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