[PVRCNC] Re: [PVRC] PVRC vs. NCCC SS Results: In my mind, a statistical TIE

[Jim K4QPL]

Wow! This is pretty exciting. And while we may have to wait for the "Supreme 
Court", aka ARRL, to decide who gets the gavel, I'd rather be 4% up than the 
other way around.

Also in politics the winner is decided by who gets the most voters to turn 
out on election day. In this case, there is no question that if all the 
"voters" (PVRC members) hadn't gotten out for both phone and cw and voted 
twice (yeah, I know that's stretching the analogy) we wouldn't even be close 
to where we are.

Thanks to all from 10 qso's upward for a meaningful contribution, and 
special thanks to the NC gang for great support.

73,

Jim, K4QPL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James A. Nitzberg" <nitz at selectsa.com>
To: <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 3:10 PM
Subject: [PVRC] PVRC vs. NCCC SS Results: In my mind, a statistical TIE


> Dear PVRC Sweepstakes Fans;
>
> You're NOT going to believe this...
>
> I just got the NCCC claimed score courtesy of N6BV as follows:
>
> We had 114 logs and 10,483,402 claimed points on SS CW.
> We had 121 logs and 10,080,030 claimed points on SS SSB.
>
> Totals: 20,452,674 claimed points on both modes.
>
>
>
>
> PVRC's claimed score was:
>
> We had 153 logs and 11,464,202 points in SS SSB.
> We had 116 logs and 9,754,086 points in SS CW.
>
> Total we had 269 logs and 21,218,288 points in SS.
>
>
> That's roughly 765,000 point difference in OUR favor - however in
> Sweepstakes, with the penalties for mistakes, this is a statistical TIE!!!
>
> Note that NCCC had fewer logs with more points each on average.  It is not
> unusual to see a score drop measurably after log checking.  NCCC's fewer
> logs may translate into fewer errors.
>
> So while we can celebrate on the surface for having the best claimed 
> score,
> in this competition, NCCC could easily WIN.  The claimed score difference 
> is
> LESS THAN 4%!  It's truly anybody's game.
>
> As you can see, every QSO does count!  That's to everyone for your
> participation this year.
>
> We will have to wait until this one is decided by what is called
> "The contest after the contest" - log checking.
>
> Here's hoping that our new year is filled with health, happiness and joy -
> and very clean sweepstakes logs!
>
> 73,
>
> Jim  WX3B
>
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