[HCRA] NEQP motivation

[Chris]

I'm not suggesting a mandate for all.  But if a group of directors are going to change the rules for everybody they should at least participate in the contest (even if for a few hours) and submit a score.

It doesn't seem right when not a single Board member is partaking in the contest yet they feel the need to make a drastic rule change.


73,

Chris  NU1O
nu1oscar at aol.com




-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Dove <alan.dove at gmail.com>
To: Chris <nu1oscar at aol.com>
Cc: hcra <hcra at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, May 4, 2018 10:58 am
Subject: Re: [HCRA] NEQP motivation


Hey, folks:

I like to set an achievable but challenging goal for myself when I enter a contest. In 2016 I focused on beating the top HMDMA score from the previous year. I managed to do that with 100W despite horrific band conditions, and felt pretty proud of that. When the results finally came out, I found I was second in the county to someone who ran 10x the power. That left me feeling a bit tilted, as the gamers say. While that wasn’t the only reason I didn’t enter in 2017, it was certainly a contributor.

On the second suggestion, I hate the idea of mandating participation in a contest. This is supposed to be fun, remember?

—Alan (AB1XW)

Alan Dove, Ph.D.
917.273.0544
Skype: alandove
alan.dove at gmail.com


> I think it was an unwise decision to change the rules so the winner of Hampden County is in the low power category. That means
> if I want to qualify for a plaque I'm at a disadvantage vis-a-vis all the leading scores in New England.
>
> Last year only four stations from Hampden saw fit to submit their logs for the NEQP. As a matter of fact, I accounted for 95% of the points in Hampden County for 2017's NEQP. The problem is not an uneven playing field. The problem in Hampden County with regard to the NEQP is apathy and lack of participation. Let me also add that not one HCRA board member submitted a log last year. So, I don't think it's fair to say the board is speaking for the hams of Hampden County since none took the time to participate in the NEQP.
>
> Perhaps there should be a requirement that an HCRA board member must participate in the NEQP and submit a log?
>
> 73,
>
> Chris
> nu1oscar at aol.com