[UK-CONTEST] Online Entries for AFS CW

[cris at gm4fam.plus.com]

I too agree 100% with Bob G3ORY's suggestion, FWIW.

73 Cris
GM4FAM


> Dave,
>
> Could I make a suggestion about how to handle the 80m AFS entries in
> future.
>
> The problem as I see it is that an entry system honed to the needs of
> individual entries is being used for a team entry in which every member
> needs to know which team he is in. OK, he will know he is in the Cray
> Valley team but how does he/she find out if he/she is in the Cray
> Valley A or Cray Valley B?
>
> This is the weak point.  When 80m AFS first started, team selection
> was made by the adjudicator on the basis of the adjudicated scores. It
> was only later that the team selection requirement was placed upon the
> Clubs that entered.
> A significant improvement would result from reverting to this original
> system. Now that we are firmly in the realm of computer assisted
> adjudication, there should be no real difficulty in deciding which team
> (A, B etc) an entrant is part of, based on adjudicated scores.  The
> extra work load on the adjudicator becomes minimal and it stops a load
> of to-ing and fro-ing within Clubs trying to decide the composition of
> each team and then advising everyone of which team to state on their
> entry. By which time of course, at least one entrant will have put his
> log in with the wrong team designation.....!!!!
>
> There would still be a need to send a blanket message regarding
> eligibility and meeting place but this could now be independent of team
> selection and a whole lot easier as a result.
>
> I hope you find this helpful.
>
> 73 Bob
>
>>----Original Message----
>>From: dave at g4buo.com
>>Date: 11/01/2010 12:58
>>To: <UK-Contest at contesting.com>
>>Subj: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Online Entries for AFS CW
>>
>>There is a lot of change on the rsgbcc web site at the moment, and
> the
>>rules should have been kept in step so once again, apologies.
>>
>>What we need to know is which club each station represents, so every
> log
>>file must be attached to a club via the robot process. We also need
> the
>>soapbox of at least one entry for each club to state who is in team
> A,
>>team B etc, the normal meeting place of the affiliated society, and a
>>declaration that all entrants are members of the club.
>>
>>73, Dave G4BUO
>>
>>> On 11 Jan 2010 at 9:28, dave at g4buo.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Apologies, I should have updated the 2010 rules. Please submit
> your AFS
>>>> entries to the HF Contest entry robot
>>>>
>>>> http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfenter.pl
>>>>
>>>> I will make sure to update the rules on Monday evening.
>>>
>>> There seems to be two different sets of rules for AFS. The one
> linked
>>> from the on line entry form
>>> (javascript:popUp(\'hfcontest_rules.pl?contest=afscw&year=2010\')
>>> and the one from the home page
>>> (http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2010/rafs.shtml). The latter says
> we
>>> should send an appropriate summary sheet for club entries, but
> there is
>>> no mention of this requirement on the robot rules. Is this still a
>>> requirement if all logs are submitted via the robot?
>>>
>>>
>>> 73 Dave G3YMC
>>
>>
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