[UK-CONTEST] Fw: Normalising scores in the tuesday night UKActivitycontests

[Eddie G0EHV]

>>>
>>>
>>> My point is that the final result is swayed by the number of entrants in
>>> each month's contest, and it does not matter if they were worked or not.
>>> In
>>> August, for instance, just a couple of stations entering by only working
>>> each other would have changed the entire result.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is it right that the winner always gets the same number of points each
>>> month, but the scores for second, third place and so on vary according 
>>> to
>>> the number of entrants? Or should the actual (un-normalised) scores be
>>> totalled at the end of the year, and then normalised if need be?
>>> Presumably
>>> this has been discussed at length somewhere sometime, but I was not
>>> "into"
>>> contesting when this system of normalising scores started, and am
>>> interested
>>> to learn the rationale behind it.
>>>


Hello,
The subtle difference with UKAC score normalisation is that it is based on 
the position in the table wrt the leader.

Pasted from contest rules S8 -

Scores will be normalised for each section in each session as follows.
Score for each section/session = ((number of entrants+1)-(position of 
entrant))*1000/(number of entrants)

However.........

Normal normalisation (sorry about the pun) is based on the number of points 
made with respect to the leading station (who gets 1000) and leads to much 
wider variation. For example the 70 MHz cumulatives.

Pasted from Rule S5 -

Normalised score for each band/session = (Score achieved x 1000)
                                                                      (Band/session 
leader score)


Not sure which is the best system but the non UKAC system rewards those who 
make a big score i.e. work the most stations and catch the DX!

Regards,
Eddie
G0EHV