[UK-CONTEST] Normalising scores in the Tuesday night UK Activity contests

[David]

Malcolm 

It is called herd advantage. If everyone does this then everyone gains. I
noted when the local club was taking part in VHFNFD this year that we (there
are many of us who always send the 59(9)) convinced even the hardest
proponent of giving "true" RS(T)that sending 59(9) was a benefit. It also
cuts down on repeat requests, which is a decided advantage.

Incidentally in the previous year 2010 VHFNFD we suspect that one entrant
was probably sending 55 and deliberately recording 59 in some QSOs. So maybe
you are a victim of such illicit gamesmanship?

I work both HF and VHF contests.

73 David G3YYD

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Bryan
Sent: 30 December 2011 11:44
To: UK Contest List
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Normalising scores in the Tuesday night UK
Activity contests

I had a bet some HF person would say that! You are completely missing the
point that the person making the error doesnt get penalised. Also that the
error can be with the report, the serial, the locator or callsign.

73
Malcolm
G8MCA / F1VNR

On 30 December 2011 11:27, David <g3yyd at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Solution to this problem was sorted out years ago always send 59(9).
> Simple.
>
> 73 David G3YYD
>
> Malcolm Bryan
> G8MCA / F1VNR wrote:
>
> Other station sends me 55 023 io91xx. I log this but he logs 59 023
io91xx.
> I send him 57 012 jo01bk and log it correctly, he receives it correctly.
> When the adjudication program is run I lose the points but he gets 
> them as I have been deemed to incorrectly copy his exchange. This is 
> not uncommon with some logging programs defaulting to 59.
>
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