On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 01:26:02 -0800
"Eric Smith" <kb7dqh@donobi.net> wrote:
>
> It has come to my attention that there may be a
> significant reduction in the number of participants in
> this
> year's ARRL January VHF sweepstakes, caused by a certain
> National Football Championship game to be played here in
> Seattle. At least during the period of time televised
> coverage of the game occurs.
>
> What I propose is a mechanism of enhancing participation
> in the Janury contest during this period.
>
> During this period of time during the NFC Championship
> game, one takes the points and multipliers worked and
> DOUBLES them. Essentially one takes the final score
> before the televised game coverage begins and records
> that
> separately. Take the score at the point coverage ends,
> subtract the game start score from the game end score,
> multiply by two, and there you go... the ARRL January VHF
> sweepstakes NFL NFC Championship Challenge.
>
> I suspect it would be a challenge trying to find anyone
> on
> the air during the game, especially here in the PNWVHFS
> club territory, where the home team, if they win will in
> the first time in its history play in the superbowl.
>
> To further enhance the rover experience during this time
> period the exchange would be augmented by the game score
> at
> the time the exhange takes place, or something like
> W1NFC/Rover here is K2NFL, You are 5-9 in CM88, 23-10,
> Seahawks, 4th Quarter, five minutes on the clock, 73 and
> good luck in the contest.
>
> Rover bonus: Complete score reports copied count as bonus
> point.
>
> Whaddya think???
> Eric
> KB7DQH
>
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