"Those archaic, super-simple rules are what make most US DX contests fun only for folks in the Atlantic basin" I've been entering the CQWW contests for 40 years from the U.S. West Coast, the Caribbea
I think the CQ WW contest works fine the way it is. And judging by the growth over the past 20 years, thousands would be indicating the same. I would love the suggestions being made to either rescue
Author: Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:40:28 -0400
Actually, there's been a lot of discussion over the years and many suggestions made to deal with this problem. Plus alternate scoring tests to see what happens (not much). The only thing I can see wo
-1 point per contact for everybody whatever the country, the continent or the zone. (no more indecent continental border advantage as EA8, CN or even some extreme East Coast) -The US states, the Cana
and I work hard to have my home station efficient while staying reasonable. You are wondering why DX will not be present anymore in a DX contest? As it is already the case my proposition cannot be th
You want to win it sitting in your arm chair at home? You are wondering why DX will not be present anymore in a DX contest? You are wondering why CN, D4, CT3, P4 e.t.c. stops spending $$$$$$$$$ if yo
No one every went broke overestimating the stupidly of the human species. :) So how popular are they in OC? In SE AS? They are certainly NOT popular in Zone 3. And don't compare them to ARRL DX, whic
Agree. At my weekly "radio lunch" with K5NA, K5OT, W5JAW, and N5TW, we came up with the same thing. Everyone should be able to work his/her own country for one point. This would not only encourage mo
Great idea Jim N3BB!!!! 1 point for contacts within your country give the single-band ops like me a reason to stay on the air... Us single-band ops would really love that opportunity. 73s Dave WN4AFP
I think one of the things sorely missing from the contest is more DIGITAL modes on VHF/UHF, other than EME/meteor. There is a large amount of VHF / UHF and up that could benefit from digital use, but
Guys .... As always, there are about 10+ people moaning about the rules versus approximately 10.000 people involved (9000 logs) per LEG in one of the biggest contest per year. So the committee is doi
Living in VE2, YOU don't need more multipliers, but WE in Zone 3, where EU and AF is MUCH more difficult to work on 40, 80, and 160, DO need more multipliers to compensate for those EU and AF mults t
I do not make those suggestions for myself but to answer to the Randy's question : "what do you suggest would make CQ WW more interesting for those not bordering the Atlantic Ocean?" So in addition t
There is a MUCH MORE SIMPLE way to kill half of the objections being made and that come around every year. Just have a default "own country and zone" double mult added for the first Q on each band. T
This sounds very similar to the current CQWW RTTY rules shown below: There is an incentive to work DX but making local stateside QSOs is still worthwhile. CQWW RTTY is a fun contest. B. QSO Points: S
Yes - if you live on the east coast and have a chip shot to Europe. Little different from the left coast. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Conte
I don't usually speak up in these kinds of discussions. But this was one of the solutions that was tossed about last week when me and some other local guys were talking at lunch about CQWW scoring. P
I don't believe that CQWW has ever been a contest that truly has had a level playing field. Those stations on the continental boundaries have always had a big advantage. Not that they really need tha
Relative to Richards last point. You can actually just enter your own call as the first Q as you start a band, and it instantly gives you the double mult and zero Q points. Just allow that method and
CAUTION: The CQ WW log checking software ignores QSOs with your own call. I.e., you won't get mult credit for working yourself... In the old days, people would log a QSO and not know how to delete it