[UK-CONTEST] New AFS Contest format.

[Ed -- GW3SQX]

Hello Ian,

The four AFS contests will remain the same -- there is no change to 
their individual rules.  The AFS Super League is a sort of overlay, 
taking results from all four, perhaps encouraging clubs to have a go at 
something different.

The rules for the Super League will be announced on the Contest 
Committee web site in the next few days -- I'm reproducing them here so 
you can see what they will look like.

The number of stations making up a full team for the four events on 2m 
and 70cm is different from that on 80m.  This won't change, at least for 
the moment, while we see what reaction there is from clubs trying VHF 
and UHF when they normally enter AFS on 80m (and vice versa).  The 
reaction at the RSGB Convention to the AFS Super League was very 
positive, so the Committee is expecting quite a bit of extra interest in 
trying it.

73,

Ed, GW3SQX
Chairman, RSGB Contest Committee

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AFS Super League -- Winter 2010-11

This is a contest to find the "AFS Contest Club of the Year" from those 
who enter some or all of the four RSGB Affiliated Society contests. It 
rewards societies who field teams operating both above and below 30MHz: 
the winning society will have achieved consistent high places in all 
four events, without necessarily winning any one of them. The rules for 
the contributing contests are unchanged, which means that the teams 
representing each Affiliated Society need not be the same on HF, VHF and 
UHF.

(1)  No entry is necessary -- entries will be made automatically by the 
Contest Committee. General Rules do not apply to this contest.

(2)  The results of the four AFS contests contribute to the Super-League:

(a) The 144MHz Affiliated Societies Contest, December 2010

(b) Affiliated Societies Team Contest, 80m CW, January 2011

(c) Affiliated Societies Team Contest, 80m SSB, January 2011

(d) The 432MHz Affiliated Societies Contest, February 2011

(3)  The position of the Team or Club listing for each Affiliated 
Society entering any of the four contributing contests will be 
normalised to produce Super League Points (SLPs), which are then added 
together to produce an overall SLP score. The normalisation is carried 
out according to the following formula, with the result rounded to the 
nearest integer:

SLP = (N+1-P)*1000/N

where N is total number of clubs in the results table,

and P is the position of the club in the results table.

For example, if there are 50 clubs entering the event (N=50), the club 
in first position (P=1) would receive 1000 SLPs. The club in 50th 
position (P=50) would receive 20 SLPs. The club in 26th position (P=26) 
would receive 500 SLPs

(4)  The winner of the Super League is the club with the highest total 
of SLPs at the end of the fourth contributing contest. The maximum 
possible SLP score (if a club won all four events) would be 4000 SLPs. A 
running SLP total will be published on the Contest Committee web site 
after each event.

(5)  The winner of the Super League will receive an award as "AFS 
Contest Club of the Year". Certificates will also be presented to the 
Affiliated Societies achieving 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th positions in the 
Super League. Each team member contributing to these Society's scores 
will receive a certificate.

(6)  A Certificate of Achievement will be awarded to any Affiliated 
Society which enters all four of the AFS contests in the Super-League, 
and where its score in each one is 500 SLPs or more, that is, where it 
appears in the top half of each AFS contest table.

(7)  The decisions of the RSGB Contest Committee in relation to this 
contest are final.




-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[UK-CONTEST] New AFS Contest format.
Date: 	Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:07:30 +0100 (BST)
From: 	Ian Pritchard <g3wvg at btinternet.com>
Reply-To: 	g3wvg at btinternet.com
To: 	uk-contest <uk-contest at contesting.com>



Hi All.
In the latest edition of RadCom there is a section within the "Sport Radio section"  which refers to an amalgamation of the 4 AFS contest results in order to produce what is called a Super League in order to find the "AFS Contest Club of the year". 
I dont quite see the point of it but not wishing to be left out I took a look at the rules for the 144 MHz section of AFS scheduled for  (presumably) this December and I have admit I found them confusing.
It seems that as many as five stations can enter from the same AFS group. I wonder if anyone on UK contest has any experience of the VHF/UHF sections of AFS?

73 Ian G3WVG

Three As Contest Group. G0AAA.