On this subject, some of us spun it around in the early 1980's, and I guess there were many arguments opposed to ANY "change", one of the often stated: "it will invalidate all the records". Most of w
I think Jim has an interesting idea. However, I don't think replacing the current contest with a Beta for a year will work, yet be accepted by the powers-that-be. However, even with a crowded contest
With all the logs publicly available, and with log-checking/scoring software not that difficult to find, you'd think that folks who were really interested in alternative scoring schemes would simply
You can score the same contest in multiple ways if there is something to be gained by seeing what the results would have been if this or that. I don't think the goal should be to equalize everyone to
A rule which gives Zero points for in country QSOs would be a real disincentive for me to operate WPX. I hope the committee does not do this. One of the things I really like about WPX is that it is a
In the process of discussing other things donıt forget Jimıs very cogent suggestion that you get an Automatic Credit for your country and Zone. That one should not be controversial and could be incor
I am with Al on this. I would not be interested in running USA stations for only prefix mults. This would just turn into CQ WW in Spring or operating the CQ 160 from the Caribbean where the US works
If WPX goes back to zero points for in country QSO, this basically becomes another DX contest. The guys in the black whole with 100 watts or low antennas go back to the end of the line. As many have
The idea that we could rescore a contest using public logs is a nonstarter. If points were different, people would use different strategies. We wouldn't show or prove a thing. 73, Hank, W6SX ________