Why wait. The logs are available for past contests. Just take a set of
them and apply the proposed scoring routine. Surely someone out there
has the time to do this exercise and report back. Good luck es 73 de
Milt, N5IA
Scot Herrick wrote:
>
> Rather than talk about all of the different scoring ideas, why can't we have
> a "simulated" contest within the contest. In short, report on the current
> scoring structure, but have an alternative scoring fit an agreed-upon format
> for the simulation.
>
> Thus, work and report the contest as traditional, then also report it with
> "0 points in the own country, 3 points outside" and see what the effect
> would be on the overall results. You could probably get a very good idea of
> the differences the format makes with reporting from 200 or so stations. A
> worthwhile - and then will come the controversy - experiment.
>
> CU...Scot, K9JY
>
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