[VHFcontesting] distance scoring

[aa4zz at aol.com]

The Europeans do distance scoring in many of their VHF contests so one could look there for ideas. However, the European VHF community is very familiar with six digit grids and their?distance scoring is based on it.?We still run in to the occasional OP who doesn't even know his? four digit grid. The Europeans also don't have Rovers; keeping up with six digit grids for a Rover in motion would present quite a few challenges.

73 Paul AA4ZZ




-----Original Message-----
From: jcplatt1 at mmm.com
To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Sent: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 8:38 am
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] distance scoring



snip >I find it amazing that almost exactly 10 years after Gene wrote that
article that we are still discussing the concept - and even more surprising
that there still isn't a vhf+ contest (other than the 10GHz events) that
uses a distance scoring scheme.  < unsnip


Hi Ed.  Do you know if a serious proposal (ie, rules) has ever been
posted ?   I agree its been a lot of talk, good talk, but the devil is in
the details .... or in this case, the rules.  As I have posted before any
such rules have to be written such that they are enforceable and
understandable, and take into account the unique issues of all the VHF
bands from 6m through Light.  Also, most likely, logging software would
have to be updated.  Perhaps its time for less talk and more pen to paper -
if its such a good idea, lets see some proposals.

73, Jon
W0ZQ

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