John , K4BAI, told me about a new contest group that has been formed in
Alabama - the Alabama Contest Group. In checking
the 3830 postings for CQP tonight I noticed most of the SECC members in
Alabama, who in the past have submitted their
scores for the SECC, are now submitting their scores for the ACG.
I assume that they will not be submitting scores for the SECC anymore. I
was wondering if there has been any thought
about moving the SECC club circle ? We obviously don't need the circle to be
as far west or north (due the the TCG) as
it is now. On the other hand if the circle is shifted southeast we could
pickup guys like W4BQF, KT4ZB, KF4GTA and
the guys in the FCG-Panhandle who might want to submit scores for the SECC.
It is going to be hard to defend our SS Medium Class Club title from last
year because we had some good scores from some
of the Alabama guys that we are going to probably lose. See the following
analysis from 2005 contest season
(ARRL Contests with a Club Competition) :
2005 ARRL Sweepstakes :
Points Alabama Contribution %
of Total Club Score
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1,849,330 (SSB) 170,694
9.23%
2,052,396 (CW) 353,624
17.22 %
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3,901,726 524,318
13.43 %
2006 ARRL DX :
Points Alabama Contribution % of
Total Club Score
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4,726,500 (SSB) 51,294
1.0 %
17,091,729(CW) 1,947,780
11.4 %
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21,818,229 1,999,074
9.0 %
2005 160 Meter Contest :
Points Alabama Contribution % of
Total Club Score
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1,253,776 248,372
19.8 %
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2005 10 Meter Contest :
Points Alabama Contribution % of
Total Club Score
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2,510,642 382,512
15.2 %
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In reality the Alabama SECC members contributed very little to our club
totals. The only two entries we had outside of GA in the 2005-2006
contest season (excluding AL) were one entry in ARRL DX CW form SC and one
entry in SS CW from SC. This would be a good argument to make
the SECC a Georgia only club.
I am not going to suggest what the club should do since that is the job of
the club president - N4GG, but I do think this
is something that should be discussed.
Also, Good luck to the ACG in their endeavor. I will keep you guys in mind
when forming teams for the Sprint or NAQP
contests.
Jeff KU8E
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