[UK-CONTEST] 2m UKAC results
Lee Volante
g0mtn1 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 16 11:08:57 PST 2011
Hi Bob,
I'm all agreed that the 'no geographic or team size limits' have the
positives you mention - more overall activity, greater inclusivity for
potential entrants, and it carves up the entry field differently so we're
more likely to see different people at the top.
However... I've not submitted a 144 UKAC score yet this year, so there's
nothing to stop me making an enquiry to see if I could join the Bolton club
for 2011. I could feel the excitement of joining a 'winning team.' As I
have some commitments to other clubs, this may seem a bit peculiar, but
there's nothing in the rules about it. If I didn't have any commitments,
perhaps apart from joining a geographically local club, there is a certain
logic in joining a good team, it may be difficult to argue its against any
'spirit of the contest' either. This may or may not have happened with
Bolton as the Jan 2011 RadCom on page 76 tells the tale: "By the end of
2009 we had become well known on the bands and had been joined by some new
members with good VHF stations (it's easy to recuit to a winning team.)"
Success breeds success - so I can understand the frustration of other teams
trying to climb the tables that David from the Trowbridge group was
expressing.
This can work two ways: Entrants looking for a club to support, or clubs
recruiting new members. In AFS and perhaps more so the CC's, there has been
a feeling that national clubs (e.g. CDXC for 80m events) should not enter,
as it would be relatively easy to win. If I mobilised 100 CDXC entrants for
the 80m CC for 2012, there could probably be some disquiet. But at what
point does a winning group, that can attract new members because of their
publicity and track record, then become synonymous with a national club
where entries are discouraged? Maximising the amount of existing club
members in your group taking part is to be congratulated. But if Gxxxx, (or
DLxxxx or PAxxx) wants to join your team as new members, why not say 'yes'?
What's the harm in publicising on your club's website that you are looking
for new members? If a club has free membership as well, there's hardly a
big commitment.
If someone stumped up the RSGB AFS-fee, we could create a "Bottom of the
table Superclub" for next year's CC and UKAC events, with any existing club
welcome to join forces. The superclub's website would show that Walmington
on Sea ARC members for example were supporting this new venture, and they
would see that their combined efforts with similar bottom half of the table
clubs could see them leap into first place, and within grasp of trophies and
certificates, previously continually out of reach each and every year...
Silly, yes, but the intent is to again demonstrate that the 'club'
competition is far from perfect, so perhaps the individual scores and
increased overall activity levels are the things to focus on instead.
73,
Lee G0MTN
----- Original Message -----
From: <g3ory at lineone.net>
To: <m0ghz.david at dsl.pipex.com>; <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 2m UKAC results
> Hello David,
>
> This one seems to come up at regular intervals and my view is that
> the peer pressure generated in Clubs by having a 'no-limit' on numbers
> is a bigger positive than the resulting unequal team sizes is a
> negative. The rules have ecouraged a huge number of Bolton Club
> members to try contesting, and that is an enormous positive to me. My
> Club of 30 members managed to get about 22 or 23 on the air for the 80m
> AFS.
>
>
>
> If you want the same Clubs to win this contest that win the 2m AFS
> contest then make the rules the same and have fixed team sizes. I
> believe it is more healthy to have a different Club at the top and
> hence am a committed supporter of the present arrangement.
>
>
>
> There might be a case to have separate categories for 'large'Clubs and
> 'small' Clubs. As to where you draw the line? Presumably one more than
> the membership of one's own Club!!
>
>
>
> 73 Bob
>
> G3ORY
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