[UK-CONTEST] Feb 144 UKAC

[Rob Harrison]

You'll accumulate more pts if you run 400w, than if you run, 100 or 10, so 
the "best" man won't win. However if you use erp, and/or have more seperate 
sections, you may be best of that bunch.

73

Bob G8HGN

Off to see the rugby now


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray James" <gm4cxm at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <UK-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Feb 144 UKAC


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> If we make the contacts the squares will come along at the same time so 
> they don't need to be a multiplier to be important.
> The emphasis would purely be on working as many stations as possible and 
> top down scores based on how many Km you could accumulate in 2.5 hours.
> No skewing effect from external sources, may the best man really win.
> Seemples :-)
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> 73 Ray GM4CXM
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> --- On Sat, 6/2/10, G3RIR <g3rir at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>  Ray,
>>
>> My point is that I like the challenge of searching for the
>> additional squares and surely that aspect of operating is worth
>> something? Maybe it should not be worth enough to skew the result in 
>> favour of someone working 28000km over 35000km total but the challenge of 
>> the search for the multipliers has to be worth a little? Perhaps 
>> excluding all adjacent squares as multipliers might be an option? And of 
>> course working GM on any VHF and Up band is a real challenge from my 
>> modest site and always gives me a buzz.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Neil, G3RIR
>
>> M2 skews the results away from excellent performance to
>> favour those who can pick up the most squares.
>> A strange logic that competitors believe someone who worked
>> 28,000Km has outperformed someone who worked 35,000km.
>>
>> 73 Ray GM4CXM
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