[VHFcontesting] "highly undesireable practices"

[Tom Carney]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Grotophorst" <n9dg at yahoo.com>


> There is also a side benefit to fixed stations as well
> with distance based scoring. This is because the
> stations in the higher population areas would also
> have more incentive to put more effort into working as
> many stations as they can who are out in the sticks
> (including those rovers who also have a reason to be
> out in the sticks).

Unfortunately the proposed rule changes provide even less of an incentive to
work a distant rover (one point) than the current rules.  So while the rover
has an incentive to work at greater distances, the fixed station is better
off working the HT across the street (two points).

73  Tom  KE6FI