[VHFcontesting] distance contest

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

There used to be a Contest Advisory Committee (CAC)  I have not heard from
them in a long time so maybe it was disbanded.

Mike W0MU 


"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may
never get over." Ben Franklin
-----Original Message-----
From: vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of jimk8mr at aol.com
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 6:31 AM
To: wd0t at mncomm.com; vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] distance contest


 There is not need for a new contest to do distance scoring.

Since contest scores are no longer calculated by the entrant but by the
sponsor's computer, it would be a minor issue for a sponsor to rescore the
logs already prepared for the scoring under the traditional method, and do a
second computation based on distance.

So there would be two sets of results, a "traditional" one and a "distance"
one.? 

Existing awards would be made under the traditional scores.? New awards
might be arranged for the distance scores.

The ARRL contests would be the logical place to start.? They have a
professional staff doing the work, as well as by far the best VHF contests
in the USA. They do not print contest scores (an unfortunate policy, but
beyond the scope here), so little additional magazine space would be
required.

A motion passed by the Board of Directors would be all it takes to get it
done. Start talking to you Division Director.



73? -? Jim?? K8MR






 


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Dravland-WD0T <wd0t at mncomm.com>
To: James Duffey <JamesDuffey at comcast.net>
Cc: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Sent: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:01 pm
Subject: [VHFcontesting] distance contest











Duffey,

You make some very good points, and I agree with you... However, it seems
most are thinking along the lines of modifying an existing contest to test
the distance based scoring... WHY??

WHY cannot we as a group come up with a contest or contests to try this out
with?? I don't think we need the BIG sponsors in right away, nor do we
probably need them until this is a proven deal. And that is also probably
why they are reluctant, they have enough contests already in HF/ VHF,
various modes, etc.. 
and don't wish to take on an unproven event. 

How about we do something similar to the Spring Sprints,  but use distance
scoring??  And I'm not talking about modifying the Spring Sprints OR ANY
other contest, leave them alone.. 






 

_______________________________________________
VHFcontesting mailing list
VHFcontesting at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting