It seems to me that your rather self-serving proposal totally discards
whatever strategy there may be in the WPX contest and turns it into even
more of a simple run fest. That K1LZ apparently played the low band
card better than you did seems to me to be a plus for the contest, not a
negative. I don't see how making every contact worth a flat 3 points
makes the contest more interesting or enjoyable in the least.
As for geographical advantages, I always thought that was what
state/regional/country award categories were for. In any case I suspect
that many of us not living on the east coast find the distinction
between Georgia and Massachusetts to be relatively minor, and there
isn't a contest anywhere on the calendar (including your proposal) that
would "eliminate the geographical advantages and make the contest
playing field level for all."
Dave AB7E
On 5/6/2013 5:43 PM, Rick Dougherty wrote:
In order to level the playing field and make the contest as it appears to
have been designed, a prefix contest and not a dx contest, I offer the
following change to the WPX rules:
The WPX contest will consist of 3 points per qso, regardless of the
frequency or band used. All contacts will receive 3 points per qso, and the
multiplier used will be determined by the total number of different
prefixes worked.
If we reconsider K1LZ's score and NQ4I's score the following scores would
be resulted:
K1LZ 4726 qso's 1436 prefixes and 20.359 MIL points
NQ4I 7077 qso's 1456 prefixes and 30.912 MIL points
Now these score are much more representative of the efforts of EACH team
and reward both teams accordingly and fairly. By allowing 3 points per qso,
you eliminate the geographical advantages and make the contest playing
field level for all.
Respectfully submitted,
Rick NQ4I
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