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

[Roger G3SXW]

We already have too many everybody-works-everybody contests. Every country 
has one! (Shame that RSGB 160m contests are moving that way).

Paul's suggestion is a step in the right direction: non-island to non-island 
only one point.
73 de Roger/G3SXW.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cris at gm4fam.plus.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 10:47 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] IOTA -" nul points" for Fixed-to-Fixed, pse!


> 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,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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