I have often thought about the point system in the WPX
contest. I agree with those who believe that there should be NO
zero pointers for any contest qsos made in the WPX contest. It's
all a matter of how much a contact with your own country should
be worth. I believe a contact with your own country in the WPX
contest should be worth .25 or .5 points. This would at least
reward all the time spent by the participants from the larger
ham populated countries who are called for their prefix
multiplier. A smaller point value would also be a dis-incentive
to run your own country at the expense of the higher point value
DX contacts. How would this affect the overall contest results?
It would increase the scores of the USA,JA,?, Multi-Multi
stations who would now have more of an incentive to keep cqing
on 40 and 75 in the daytime but wouldn't put any burden on
single ops and single transmitter multis who should be looking
for the highest point-per-qso band openings anyway. And we would
no longer have everyone complaining about the percentage of zero
pointers worked in the WPX contest!(Or would they then start
complaining about the percentage of quarter or half pointers
they worked???) Would a USA M/M or high scoring single op care
to play with his score from last weeks WPX contest and count all
their USA contacts as .25 points for 10,15,20 and .5 points for
40,80,and 160 and see how much of a score difference it made?
I'd be interested in knowing. Would it make THAT much difference
in the overall results?
Anytime a qso is made in the WPX contest the score on
your computer monitor should increase even if only by a
fraction!
73 Ken N4UK
Cabo Rojo Contest Club-WP3X
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