[UK-CONTEST] IOTA -" nul points" for Fixed-to-Fixed, pse!

[cris at gm4fam.plus.com]

Empathise with your viewpoint Nigel but if you are a non-island station
running all weekend your mult total / final score is gonna be very
disappointing.
Personally I would leave things as they are - a good op at a non-island
station is a good way of picking up very quick Q points while S&P for
mults.

73 Cris
GM4FAM


> Hello UK Contesters,
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> I know that this is an old chestnut. Nevertheless, at the
> risk of multiple groans all round, I'd like to pick up on a
> point mentioned in Jim MM0BQI's interesting write-up on his
> latest Summer Isles jaunt for the IOTA Contest.
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> Put simply, why on earth are there ANY points for Non-Island
> to Non-Island QSOs in the IOTA Contest? If I'm in the ARRL
> Contest, I don't get points for working anyone except W/VE.
> If I'm in the SAC-Contest or the REF Contest, the same
> principle applies.
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> The IOTA Contest is for "Islands", and as such QSOs not
> involving an Island should be ZERO points. Points should
> only be available for either Non-Island to Island or Island
> to Island, but not Non-Island to Non-Island. If an Island is
> not involved somewhere in the QSO, then the QSO should
> really be worthless within the context of the IOTA Contest.
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> Historically, I realise there may have been some reasons why
> scoring Non-Island to Non-Island QSOs were allowed, but
> given the current high level of activity that the RSGB's
> IOTA Contest generates, could not the scoring for these
> Non-Island to Non-Island QSOs be dropped? The focus of the
> contest would then be even more on Islands. As we all know,
> there is plenty of both DX-ped and other activity from
> Islands, but much of it can at times be drowned out by the
> permanently CQing Non-Island Stations who are running
> nothing much other than strings of other Non-Island
> Stations.
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> I'd be interested to hear what the current argument might be
> for allowing these Non-Island to Non-Island QSOs to score
> anything other than ZERO points?
>
> 73 - Nigel G3TXF
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