[FoxHunt] Fox hunt scoring

Sat, 30 Nov 2002 19:54:10 -0700

Where in Colorado--??----i am in cheyenne, wyo and we are trying to get
something going--!!--there is 3 boxes build but cant
get the guys to participate--???????

thanks--in advance

george----de N7JJY

On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:36:03 -0700 Larry Benko <[email protected]>
writes:
> Bob,
> 
> Here in Colorado we have the exact same circumstances.  One third 
> win
> regularly, one third win infrequently, and one third never win.  For 
> our
> group the fox gets to make ALL the rules so anything goes.  Since 
> some
> don't like the idea of a lottery probably due to the luck aspect 
> there
> are other things you can do.  Try a hunt where the score is 
> determined by
> points such as miles + penalties.  The fox only transmits one time 
> for
> 1 minute.  Assuming all the hunters are licensed and that they all 
> run
> much higher power than the fox, the only fox transmissions occur for 
> 1
> minute after one of the hunters asks for a transmission.  However
> requesting a transmission causes the requesting person a 5 point 
> penalty
> but everyone gets the benefit.  My experience is that a different 
> group
> of people will win a hunt such as this.  Some people will never ask 
> for
> a transmission no matter how many miles they drive.  There are 
> several
> other non-standard types of hunts we have done if you need more 
> ideas.
> 
> 73,
> Larry Benko, W0QE
> 
> 
> Bob Rex wrote:
> > Greetings from Pennsylvania!
> > We have an active fox hunting group with eight to ten teams 
> showing up 
> > monthly for our hunts.  The problem is the winner of the hunt is 
> usually 
> > one of four individuals.  The rest of the hunters just don't do 
> that 
> > well to finish first.  We have hunters for many years that have 
> never 
> > won a hunt.  We have tried to tutor some of these guys to improve 
> their 
> > performance but I think some of them are permanently directionally 
> 
> > impaired.  In spite of this, these guys consistently show up and 
> love 
> > fox hunting, sometimes I wonder if they are sandbagging!!
> > We use lowest mileage as the winning criteria with time as a tie 
> breaker 
> > if the mileage is within 5%.   The winner of the hunt is the fox 
> for the 
> > next hunt.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we might improve this 
> so 
> > other individuals might be the fox.  We tried using second place 
> if the 
> > first place winner had already served as a fox within the last 12 
> months 
> > but that didn't work because the second place winner was usually 
> one of 
> > the top four.  Our goal is to circulate the fox duties among the 
> active 
> > participants.
> > Our latest idea is a lottery that all the players are put in a hat 
> 
> > except for those that have been a fox within the last 6 months.  
> Some 
> > like it some don't.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Visit our web page at 
> http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze26tzn/stories.htm
> > 
> > Thanks & 73
> > Bob K3DBD
> > 
> > 
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