[UK-CONTEST] Ethics & Financial restraints?

Fri Jan 15 04:49:02 PST 2010

Right now, I don't think that you can regard the club element of the CCs as a true competition because there is no cap on the number of members of a particular team. From my time on the committee, I know the intent of that rule was to encourage as many people to come on as possible, and there is absolutely no doubting the success of that policy. 

I'd say that there is little point in adding the 50 mile rule or anything similar to CC (to make it more of a genuine contest) unless a cap was imposed on the number of entrants to a team, and that may have the un-desireable effect of reducing participation, so I'd vote to keep the status quo. The contests are great fun, and encourage a good number of new entrants to contests to come on. Completely in the - not broken - don't fix it position.

73,

Andy, G4PIQ 

----- Original Message ----
From: Ken Chandler <g0orh at sky.com>
To: "secretary at rsgbcc.org" <secretary at rsgbcc.org>
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Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Ethics & Financial restraints?

Contester's
Without prejudice

I have been contesting for many years and enjoy doing so, but these  
HFCC's have completly gotten out of hand and are not what they were  
originally designed for, normal inter club activity. Club meaning, a  
body who hold regular meetings once or twice a month at a regular  
meeting place, and have an agenda laid out, and who are listed in  
RadCom. Some groups have formed  jumped on the bandwagon and recruited  
contesters from hundreds of miles from their area just so that they  
can put together a bigger score, this cannot be right.
The RSGB has said 50 miles is resonable for a member to travel to his/ 
her club venue how can this be.
To prove my point, it now looks like Crawley club has recruited DK3UZ  
who is posting scores on their behalf.
The power levels by some op's are also questionable, 100watts &  
10watts being the required level output.
How much longer will it before other station in EU are recruited by UK  
clubs.
The RSGB contest committee should get a grip on the situation instead  
of burrying it's head in the sand,  or are committee frightened of  
upsetting a few people who are taking liberties and manipulating rules  
to suit themselves, (yes guys this is what it feels like, a complete  
disregard of rules)
Finally, one last thing,  can someone tell me how this works!!!
The 3 AAA's contest group have recruited GM3POI, and GM3WED who post  
scores in the CC' under their banner,  but who then  suddenly revert  
to ORKNEY in AFS contests.
What we want is being fair all round and each CLUB on a level playing  
field.

Ken..G0ORH

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On 14 Jan 2010, at 21:58, <g3wvg at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Ken..
> Just because few people comment it doesn't necessarily mean that  
> they agree
> with you! It could be that possibly they don’t want to get into a te 
> dious
> discussion about level playing fields.
>
> Having said that, I don't really care how the results are presented.  
> I just
> like to be active. What ever the original purpose of the CC's, they
> certainly generate a great deal of participation. They have prompted  
> me to
> continually improve my set-up and to use modes that were new to me.  
> I also
> note that the standard of contest operating, in these events, is  
> gradually
> improving.
> Furthermore, the activity levels suggest that there is no evidence  
> that
> others are being discouraged by the participation of contest groups.
>
> I don’t follow your logic re. financial resources. I would have thou 
> ght that
> "local club" members are no different to "contest group" members in  
> this
> respect. I know many non-contesting hams with shacks that are  
> bulging with
> expensive equipment that I could never afford.  Are you suggesting  
> that
> there should be some kind of "means tested" category?  I do pretty  
> well in
> the 80M contests because I have a really tall tree to the side of my  
> garden.
> Perhaps there should be a “tree category”. Or perhaps there  
> should be an
> “age category”.
>
> I guess it comes down to an attitude of mind. Some people want to  
> adjust
> the rules to handicap the performance of others and others want to  
> improve
> their own performance.
>
> Must dash ..I think there is a chopper coming into land on my level  
> playing
> field.
>
> 73 Ian G3WVG (another co-founder of the 3As Contest Group. G0AAA.)
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> I'm pleased that none of the major 'Contest Group' players appear to
> have objected
> to my suggestion that the small groups of top operators who come
> together solely for
> the purpose of entering contests should be classified separately from
> local clubs who draw
> their contest teams from within their membership, the results speak  
> for
> themselves.
> I expect that most top operators first gain experience as club contest
> operator and not as part
> of a C.G. which consists only of experienced operators. Rather than
> encouraging new operators
> to contesting C.G.'s may well discourage operators of club entries who
> find that they can't compete
> with these groups of very experienced operators.
>
> I very much doubt that all amateurs have the same financial  
> restraints,
> this is one of the beauties
> of the hobby, there are amateurs who live in areas where there are
> swimming pools, tennis courts
> & helipads in the back 'gardens' & others who live in 'two up two  
> down'
> cottages.
> There are plenty of amateurs using equipment costing many £k's and
> others whose entire station is
> probably only worth a few hundred pounds. Assuming equal antennas  
> (which
> of course is determined
> by the size of garden & maybe value of the property) if the second  
> chap
> is a good operator he may
> well do better than the first, however if someone has spent £k's on  
> an
> amplifier which enables him to
> run considerably more than the legal power limit as some people have
> suggested that's another matter
> and one which the HFCC should consider as grounds for  
> disqualification.
>
> 73....
>
> Ken
>
> G3LVP
>
>
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