The idea has been sounded many times, ONLY the QSO points system based on distance can more or less be considered as "fair". But even in this case, the DX locations will EVER have advantage over tho
Good work Fab, JAs, PYs and VKs would be happy with the new scoring system :) -- RX9TX http://rx9tx.qrz.ru "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'." [Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back] ________________________
Hello, Wonder why people can not just treat the rule as a part of a game? At the same time they understand that everyone is affected equally and the winners list will be just the same with or without
Just a matter of time, Edward :) Comparing RDXC and the contests you mention, the RDXC sponsors receive as many logs as WPX and significally more than ARRL DX. -- RX9TX http://rx9tx.qrz.ru "Enjoy you
RDXC2010 RU1a 4700 QSO. Multiply it by 2.. Wish we had the same number of contesters in Russia. Number of received logs is just one measure of popularity. Another measure is the number of QSOs made b
RD> Thats not correct. ARRL DX received 5800 logs in 2009 versus 3506 for Rich, this is not quite fair :) You sum the SSB and CW logs, can I then multiply 3629 (not 3506) 4 times taking the contest l
Bet they just based on QSO definition which means 2-way (2-way!) communication. If any bit of the exchange is busted then the integrity of entire QSO is questioned. -- RX9TX http://rx9tx.qrz.ru "Yiel
Hello , Watch the RZ9UMA WPX CW video :) http://dx-world.net/ -- R8TX http://r8tx.qrz.ru "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." (Martin Luther King) _____________
Too much for what? I really doubt you can name a couple of calls who can pretend for top-three scores and whose stations do lack rig control. -- R8TX (ex RX9TX) http://r8tx.qrz.ru "I love those who y
Then if the "top 3 rule" is not about you what all of the noise is about? The top 3 conteders take it very seriously. Here's WC1M's quote on DXCC and strictness of LOTW registration, IMO it fits perf
wjc> all this discussion about rules makes me want to compete, if you could Mike, just curious, in what category are you going to win? -- R8TX (ex RX9TX) http://r8tx.qrz.ru "No one can make you feel
I can not undrstand how on earth the new rules "make the participation harder" for W7DNA or K0HB or you? R8TX MFW> By making it harder for people to participate....participation will be -- R8TX (ex R
Hello , http://www.arrl.org/news/new-russian-prefix-system-in-use Who on earth R5AA is to move the WAC continent boudaries? He is not even the SRR president and ARRL should be more cautious relying o
The IOTA News page would be the proper place to put this on :) -- R8TX (ex RX9TX) http://r8tx.qrz.ru _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com