[Elecraft] Re: Your EQP Suggestions - why have scores?

[k6iii@juno.com]

Interestng ideas, Andy. I hadn't thought of any like these.
I am enjoying the wide ranging comments coming out of
the posts and think it is a good healthy indicator. I am saving
off all these as amunition for discussion with the 'committee'
for any tweaks we may want to make.

I'd like to see EQP twice a year; perhaps CW and SSB sessions or
Summer and Winter sessions. 

But, as you point out, EQP represents a lot of work for the organizers
and it is all volunteer time and labor. For me, its a labor of love and,
as I am retired, I have time and interest to commit to it. Others are
still 
in their earning years and so their commitment is even more highly
valued.

So many ops have written expressions of thanks in recognition of these
efforts; they are very much appreciated and are the fuel for our
continued
strivings toward a better EQP.

73 de Jerry/k6iii

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:51:55 -0500 "Wallace, Andy" <awallace@mc.com>
writes:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 
> > Good mornin' Ken,
> > 
> > Scores are an incentive to keep people hanging in there; 
> > they show 'progress'. Other incentives were: Work the FT's, 
> > Work towards the Elecraft Century Club and W.A.S. certificates.
> > I think I would like to see participation certificates awarded to 
> 
> > everyone who made, say, 100 contacts. 
> 
> All good ideas.
> 
> I hear all the comments and it seems like half the group prefers
> more ragchew-y goals and half prefers contest-y goals.
> 
> I think a less -competitive- and more -fun- scoring level would
> be something like this:
> 
> Participating class = <100 contacts = 1 point per non-FT contact
> Next level = >100 contacts = 200 points fixed
> 10 points each per FT contact (per band)
> 50 points for battery power, less than full operating time
> 100 points for battery power, full operating time 
> (operating time is not necessarily full duration of contest, of 
> course)
> 
> No extras for choice of rig, power (though K2/100 by battery is 
> uncommon!)
> 
> This sort of scheme would give people the incentive of making at 
> least
> 100 contacts, satisfying the competitive urge... Once you make 100
> contacts, your score won't increase except by field testers, which
> means you'd want to stick around and hunt for them. Hopefully it
> would also encourage ragchews, because you have 24 hours to do
> the 100 contacts to reach the plateau. There are 1000 different 
> ways
> of running a contest -- these are what I came up with. Just ideas!
> 
> I like the idea of sending only summaries -- we should be HONEST 
> here,
> it's a hobby after all. Less work for the organizer, too. 
> 
> I haven't totalled my score -- but I had FUN, which was the goal, 
> and
> was very, very impressed to hear so many Elecrafts on the air. And
> like other people, I'd like a repeat more often than once per year.
> Thanks to all the organizers and EQP software authors, too!
> 
> -Andy
> 
> 
>