[UK-CONTEST] IOTA Contest Scoring

[Jim Fisher]

Don, 
I have to agree with both mails from Chris GM3WOJ and Chris G3SJJ.
There are 10 band mode slots to be filled for each mult and in my opinion it
would be a backward step to introduce the QSY rule that stops you moving a
mult around band and modes.
The 10 slots make the mults key in IOTA and the skill / enjoyment of moving
a mult around is a priority.
You mention the CQ 10 minute rule but they have a Multi Multi class to allow
the moving of mults at free will / operator skill / station capability /
Enjoyment. 

"ZL7/VO1AU thanks for the new mult on the run station and QSY to our mult
station! Sorry we can't work you on any other band mode at the moment
because we are out of QSYs :-( "

That would just be nonsense.

73
Jim
GM0NAI / GM7R  

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Field
Sent: 29 March 2012 13:03
To: UK Contest; CQ-Contest MailList
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] IOTA Contest Scoring

Further to my recent email, we have had a quick rethink on scoring for
contacts with non-island (world) stations, as it quickly became apparent
from feedback that we had missed a trick here, for which I must offer my
apologies.

The rules ( http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2012/riota.shtml ) now reflect
the new scoring.

To summarise, in years gone by all contacts with non-island stations were
worth 5 points (later 3 points) but as we have progressively reduced the
scoring for non-island to non-island contacts, it is clear that, in the
process, we have disincentivised island to non-island contacts, which is
obviously not what was intended. So these will now count 5 points, while
non-island to non-island contacts are, as previously announced, 2 points.

There has also been some reaction to the QSY rule. This is now clarified in
the wording. It is a matter of some regret that we have had to introduce
this, but some multi-op entrants were clearly running several "mult"
stations, which is not in the spirit of what was intended. Good strategy and
listening for mults ahead of any QSY should still enable high multiplier
totals to be achieved over the 24 hours. We believe, in any case, that the
rule is more flexible than, for example, the 10-minute rule in CQ contests.

A write-up of the 2011 contest and preview of 2012 should appear in either
the June or July issues of RSGB's RadCom.

73 Don G3XTT
IOTA Contest Manager
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