Hi, Doug. Thanks for the reply, and please understand that I am not
against the use of such technology, or the establishment of the Xtreme
category. It just seems to me that including the Xtreme scores in the
club category the first year out of the gate is a major roll of the dice.
I predict that a proliferation of remote receivers is what you will see
first. Hopefully you are correct that it won't significantly distort
club scores, but my concern is that clubs whose members predominantly
prefer to steer clear of such heavily mechanized stations won't have any
protection against such mechanized competition. At least with the
individual categories, participants have a choice.
73,
Dave AB7E
Doug Grant wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 9:46 PM, David Gilbert<xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I personally think this is a very bold and interesting new category, but I
>> also think it is a mistake to allow those scores to be added to the club
>> scores. The way Rule 10 is currently stated, a small but well funded club
>> could set up remote and robotic stations anywhere in the world for use by
>> its members and totally inflate their club score. Yes, those members
>> individually would all have to enter in the Xtreme category, but the club
>> itself would be able to compete against other clubs with no such technology.
>>
>> Why was it necessary to do that?
>>
>
> Hi, Dave -
>
> This was added during the review of the rules, when a member of the
> CQWW Committee noted that many of the possible entrants in the new
> categories are members of contest clubs, and might be discouraged from
> trying them if their score would not count for their club.
>
> So we chose to allow the Xtreme scores to count for clubs.
>
> Since under the existing rules, DXpeditions count for club scores, one
> might suggest that a small but wealthy club might field enough
> DXpeditions to beat their competitors, but so far that hasn't
> happened.
>
> It would be very interesting if the proliferation of remote and
> robotic Xtreme stations made a difference in the club scores, but I
> doubt it will happen soon.
>
> We will, of course, be watching for abusive behavior relating to these
> new categories, and take whatever steps are necessary to amend the
> rules.
>
> 73,
>
> Doug K1DG
>
>
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