[VHFcontesting] Constructive suggestions for VHF/UHF Contest rules changes

[Ev Tupis]

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--- On Tue, 7/29/08, James Duffey <JamesDuffey at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: James Duffey <JamesDuffey at comcast.net>
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Constructive suggestions for VHF/UHF Contest rules changes
> To: "(Radio) VHF Contesting" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> Cc: "James Duffey" <JamesDuffey at comcast.net>
> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 10:24 PM
> If we are unhappy about the results of the recent rover
> rules change,  
> it is time we turned this thread toward constructive
> suggestions for  
> contest rules change.
> 
> Here is one option I suggest after thinking about it on my
> drive home.
> 
> 1. Report contest results and assign awards on a grid basis
> rather  
> than on a section basis. This would be for all stations,
> not just  
> rovers. As the grid is the multiplier in VHF/UHF contests,
> it seems to  
> me it should also be the level at which competition is
> reported and  
> rewarded. The grid competitions will roll up to divisions
> and regions  
> as they do now.
> 
> 2. Change the rover scoring back to the "old"
> way, where a score is  
> computed for each grid square visited, based on multipliers
> and QSOs  
> made in that grid.
> 
> 3. Rovers compete with fixed stations within grids with the
> score they  
> achieved within that grid, that is single op rovers compete
> with  
> single op fixed stations, multiple op rovers compete with
> multiple op  
> fixed stations, high power rovers compete with high power
> fixed  
> stations, and low power rovers compete with low power fixed
> stations.  
> And each other of course. So a rover would compete for an
> award in  
> every grid they operated from.
> 
> 4. In addition, the rovers would compete in an overall
> rover class (or  
> classes), where the score is determined from the sum of the
> scores in  
> each individual grid. Awards would be made in the division
> and region,  
> as is the case now. Current rover rules and classes could
> be used, or  
> new ones could be implemented.
> 
> 5. Allow rovers to compete for single band awards in both
> the grid and  
> aggregate rover divisions.
> 
> 6. Rovers must operate from at least 2 grids.
> 
> This would have several potential beneficial effects that I
> can see:
> 
> 1. It would encourage operation in rare grids by fixed
> single and  
> fixed multiple op stations.
> 
> 2. It would encourage rovers to compete in rare grids with
> sparse  
> population as they would be more competitive for awards.
> 
> 3. It would encourage more rovers to operate as they could
> now compete  
> in two classes for awards. They would compete for awards at
> a grid  
> level, now they can only compete on the division and higher
> level.
> 
> 4. It would remove some of the disincentive rovers now have
> to go to  
> grids far from population centers.
> 
> 5. It would remove the disincentive for a rover to work a
> station in a  
> new grid when the rover has worked that station in a
> previous grid,  
> that is under these rules the QSO would count for both QSO
> and  
> multiplier credits, while currently it only counts as an
> additional QSO.
> 
> 6. It would reduce the impact of grid squaring expeditions,
> as the  
> multipliers worked in one grid would only apply to QSOs
> worked in that  
> grid.
> 
> 7. It would align rover scoring, at least on a grid basis,
> with the  
> rest of the contest scoring.
> 
> Downsides
> 
> 1. Rover scores would be lower.
> 
> 2. The fixed stations might not like the new competition.
> 
> 3. The cost of printing and mailing awards would rise.
> 
> 4. It would get rid of the free multiplier for operating
> from a grid.
> 
> 5. It would reduce the impact of grid squaring, as the
> multipliers  
> worked in one grid would only apply to QSOs worked in that
> grid.
> 
> These are my thoughts. They have focused on increasing
> activity, not  
> leveling the playing field. Others? - Duffey
> --
> KK6MC
> James Duffey
> Cedar Crest NM
> 
> 
> 
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