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

[QUENTIN COLLIER]

Oops - meant to send this to the list, not just to Cris...it's too early in the 
morning.....

73,



Quin WRR



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From: QUENTIN COLLIER <q.g.collier at btinternet.com>
To: cris at gm4fam.plus.com
Sent: Monday, 2 August, 2010 5:46:50
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] IOTA -" nul points" for Fixed-to-Fixed, pse!

Was interested - not in any critical sense at all, just interested - in Cris's 
implicit assumption that there are some stations who feel they have to run for 
the whole weekend. I'd have thought it was horses for courses and if you can get 

more points by S&P, then you should S&P. Is that a minority view?

(Nowbalinbg out for a few days' holiday before the abuse from compulsive runners 

starts........

73,



Quin G3WRR


----- Original Message ----
From: "cris at gm4fam.plus.com" <cris at gm4fam.plus.com>
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, 1 August, 2010 22:47:16
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.
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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.
>
> 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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