CONTEST NEWS RELEASE
September 12, 1995 For Further Information Contact:
Billy Lunt, KR1R
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Scoring Rules for VHF Rovers Announced
The ARRL Contest Advisory Committee (CAC) voted 11 to 4 to recommend new
scoring rules for Rovers in ARRL VHF/UHF contests. The CAC considered the
results of a recent poll of rovers and other VHF contest participants in
preparing their recommendation. Objectives of the proposal include: simple
to calculate, fair to all, progressive scoring over the course of the
contest, and discourages grid circling.
The ARRL Awards Committee voted unanimously to accept the CAC recommendation
which has been dubbed as U+A scoring.
The new scoring rules call for Rovers (only) to multiply total QSO points
from all grids by the sum of unique band-grids worked and of activated
grids. (A unique band-grid is a grid square worked on one band from any
grid square; in other words, if you work EM00 on 50 Mhz from one grid, you
may not count EM00 on 50 Mhz again for multiplier credit. Each grid worked
counts only once per band, just as in the fixed-location categories.)
The new rules become effective with the January 1996 VHF Sweep Stakes.
Rovers will continue to be included in the Club Aggregate Competition
scores--as they have in the past.
The CAC and the Contest Desk have agreed to revisit the results of this
rules change in two years. If experience indicates, further amendments will
be considered at that time.
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