[PVRCNC] Suggestions to stir up Sweepstakes passion?

[Howard Hoyt]

Thanks to Rob for raising the subject of SS early !!

Well, in a ideal world the PVRC points WOULD be enough ;-)
SS does generate some great 5M points (see below)
The SS reality is <# OF LOGS>. This means the smaller station is
REALLY important.

I will sponsor a one year subscription to NCJ to SS (both modes)
winner --as determined by our Chair. Perhaps we could have
certificates for winning LP and QRP combined as well ( assuming HP
wins most points)

To get the "rules" discussion started -
1) Highest combined score
2) Must be all dipoles- but tri-bander on 10/15/20 allowed
3) I think (?) HMO is legit. If so, aggregate is allowed
4)  Make it based on 5M points so a host gets credited

The reason I suggested in that fashion was the big boyz are already
motivated-uh, or at least will get on ;-)

Anyone chasing PVRC 5M points, SS generates them ! Last year K4QPL ran
QRP and generated a score of 79,716 but it translates to a whopping
738,112 5M points !
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Looking at 5M overall totals for NC East and comparing 2008/9 to
2009/10 scores is pretty encouraging. The majority of NCE scores went
up.
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I mention the above rules only to begin a discussion...

Rob - One other possibility would be for NC/E to throw down the
gauntlet and challenge the other chapters for SS bragging rights ?

73, Howie N4AF



On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:50 PM, W0UCE <w0uce at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> I don't understand why making a contribution to PVRC Club Score is not
> incentive enough to encourage participation...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Jordan [mailto:k4qpl at nc.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 5:42 PM
> To: Rob Katz
> Cc: Kaz *; Will Roberts AA4NC; Guy Olinger K2AV; W0UCE; Bruce Meier;
> N4CW at aol.com; Howard Hoyt; Alan Knight; Marty Young; Paul Stroud;
> NX9T at aol.com; Rowland Archer; Wes Quinn
> Subject: Re: Suggestions to stir up Sweepstakes passion?
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> Hey Rob,
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> Being chairman is sort of like being Oprah. Why don't u give a K-3 to
> everyone who comes to the meeting and promises to turn in a min 50k score?
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> I'd like to see some graphs and/or pie charts showing trends and relative
> scores in PVRC NC over a few years to give us some clear targets to shoot
> for. And maybe for other regions to up some friendly rivalry within PVRC.
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> However I am NOT volunteering. Not a  mathematician or statistician.
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> Jim. K4QPL
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 13, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Rob Katz <rob.katz at thelegacycenter.com> wrote:
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> Gentlemen,
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> With Sweepstakes less than 4 months away, I’m looking for ways for us to
> fire up the troops for a big turnout.  Our scores in NC are becoming a big
> part of PVRC’s success in winning the club gavel!
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> What are some ideas for stirring up excitement with our NC contesters?
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> I’ve had no luck attracting new members with my emails to non-PVRC folks who
> submitted scores from NC, but I will give one more invite to everybody to
> join us.
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> Beyond the regular drum-beating via email, we’ve got our meeting in a few
> weeks, and then one more meeting just before CW SS.  Do you have any good
> ideas for the meetings that will draw a big crowd?  Once folks are there,
> they’ll be likely to up their enthusiasm for the contest weekends.
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> Maybe we could sponsor some awards for participation – high scores, or the
> most increased scores, or increasing your score by 20%, etc.?
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> Any other ideas to increase our NC participation and scores?
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> 73,
>    Rob, KA1ARB
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