[Cwo] Awards

[Alan Maenchen]

I think it's obvious that HP will beat LP the vast majority of the time ..
unless that HP is stuck in a valley somewhere and the LP is on the hill
top. Highly unlikely. It then follows that the most popular category is HP
(which it is).

The awards structure allow LP and QRP to compete in their own game given
the advantage of HP.
We could give a "trophy" to each power category as well as to the top
winner (virtually always HP). At this point, it isn't a cost factor to us
since we have Icom footing the bill. I can ask them, and I'm pretty sure
they would go for it. The actual cost difference is not great.

One other point: We see this year that there are only five actual award
winners out of 12 actual awards.
KS0MO, for example, won all three QRP sessions plus the combined (four
wins) but he gets only one plaque with all four wins inscribed.

BTW, speaking of the awards, last year Icom and I were talking about the
"trophy" being a mounted Vibroplex bug. That idea failed due to
cost/availability, but I still like the idea. I'm not sure how to get that
resurrected.

73, Alan  AD6E




On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Jim Talens <jtalens at verizon.net> wrote:

> Whoa!    Where has there been a sizably populated contest where the
> low-power entrant has beaten the high-power entrants?   Even in your own
> example of SS, “very close” is not “equal” so there is still a substantial
> bias.****
>
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> *From:* cwo-bounces at kkn.net [mailto:cwo-bounces at kkn.net] *On Behalf Of *Rob
> K6RB
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 16, 2012 10:07 AM
> *To:* Peter Chamalian; cwo at kkn.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Cwo] Awards****
>
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> If we ever get a saturation of activity, it does not follow that high
> power would always win both awards. If there are 500 hundred NA
> participants on 20 meters during a 4-hour stint, an LP player could amass a
> 400 x 400 score. By not having mults be distance related, it moves the
> playing field closer to level. The reason HP players are winning, now, is
> because there are still too few participants and they can pull in more
> mults by using spotting and band hopping. That could all change if we start
> getting the numbers. So, I would not mess with the awards structure at this
> point. We have seen that LP players in SS CW can achieve scores that are
> very close to HP players, for example. It all depends on turn out.****
>
>  ****
>
> *From:* Peter Chamalian <w1rm at arrl.net> ****
>
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 16, 2012 6:39 AM****
>
> *To:* cwo at kkn.net ****
>
> *Subject:* [Cwo] Awards****
>
>  ****
>
> I’m re-reading the awards for the CWO and I think we should take a second
> look.  We give a trophy for the top score in each time period and a plaque
> for the top score in each power level.****
>
>  ****
>
> Without a doubt, the high power winner will always win the plaque and
> trophy so the awards are tilted toward high power.****
>
>  ****
>
> Do we award the high power trophy winner a plaque as well so they get two
> awards?  If the winner of a category gets two (trophy and plaque) then we
> should award the plaque to the second place finisher in that category.****
>
>  ****
>
> Perhaps we should reconsider and award first place in each time/power
> category a trophy.  Second place in each time/power category a plaque.  Or
> some other combination?  I’m quite in favor of spreading the “bling” around
> to as many as possible.****
>
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> Something to consider for 2013.****
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>
> Pete, W1RM****
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