This IS a good idea. K1 is 2 points for me but a VE7 or VY1 is 0, unless
he's a mult. DX does mean Distant Transmission and if the station is in your
backyard, he's not distant but if he's in another town, that's enough
distance for me :)
73 -- Paul VO1HE
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
> Sent: November 29, 2005 13:44
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] 1 ponters for CQWW
>
> 3. The casual day to day operator really does not have any
> conception of the rules of the contest and thinks he is truly
> helping out...that meaning the stateside callers passing out
> qso's.......is it time to step up to the plate and allow 1
> point per qso for contacts within one's country??
> NQ4I
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Although I'm going to catch crap on this one, I think it is a
> great idea.
> Being at the corner of the US that is forced to beam through
> the US to work Asia and Europe, the K1,2,3 guys would be
> amazed at how many W/K guys call me in WW just trying to give
> a point. The effort is appreciated but of course wasted.
>
> I did 40 HP over the weekend. The worst part is to have some
> EU station come on your clear frequency during a juicy EU
> run, ask QRL, get an answer from you and then have him begin
> to CQ. He has no problem running since the EU stations he's
> running are much stronger than me. Meanwhile, I have to hit the F!
> button endlessly hoping to bludgeon him off my frequency. If
> a W6 station calls during this time,he does nothing for my
> score even though he is 3000 miles away. However, an EA gets
> points for working CT which could be a couple of miles away.
>
> Yeah, I know it is cqwwDX contest and US is not DX for me.
> However, it sure is nice to wish for it for Christmas. Hey,
> the rules for WPX were changed to allow points for WPX and
> that is a great contest. Why not CQWW?
>
> Bill K4XS
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