And while you're at it, why shouldn't SO Assisted be separated from
Multi-single? That is a relic of the earliest days of packet, and
hasn't made sense for at least 20 years.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/18/2012 6:26 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 12/18/2012 3:11 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
ARRL 160 meter contest is based on *Sections*.
Only in part -- it's also based on DX entities as multipliers, and
US/VE stations get 2.5X the point credit for a QSO with a DX station.
It makes no earthly sense to change the rules
for one or two sections after thirty plus years of the contest.
If the Rules are poorly conceived (and they are), it certainly does
make sense to change them. But the needed changes go far beyond
equalizing KP2 and VP2V -- the Rules give Zone 5 a 10:1 scoring
advantage over Zone 3 (and about half that over the Midwest and Great
Plains), and make the contest so boring for Zone 3 that most of us
avoid it.
73, Jim K9YC
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