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From: N4KG
To: VK1FF@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WPX points system
Message-ID: <19970326.103904.9990.2.N4KG@juno.com>
References: <3.0.1.16.19970322021539.321780fe@202.12.69.1>
On Sat, 22 Mar 1997 02:15:39 VK1FF <VK1FF@contesting.com> writes:
>
>Is WPX an international or domestic contest?
>
IT IS BOTH
>I agree with SM2EKM, changing intra-country contacts to 1 point will
>make the contest a domestic competition for the US.
HAVE YOU EVER WORKED THE ARRL TEN METER CONTEST?
ALL CONTACTS COUNT THE SAME...SAME COUNTRY,
SAME CONTINENT, DIFFERENT CONTINENTS....AND I WOULD
HARDLY CONSIDER THAT A DOMESTIC USA CONTEST.
>
>The change certainly won't benifit Australian contesters and I bet it
>won't benifit most other countries either. The only clear winner
>from
>this change is the US.
>AND WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT...IT WON'T H A R M OTHER COUNTRIES, JUST
LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD WITHIN COUNTRIES WITH LARGE POPULATIONS SUCH AS
USA, JAPAN, AND, RUSSIA, ELIMINATING A LONGSTANDING INJUSTICE AND
INEQUITY. ARE YOU SUGGESTING THE RULES BE CHANGED
SUCH THAT AUSTRALIAN CONTESTERS WIN NOW?
>IMHO the change does nothing for promoting international contacts,
>which
>should be one of the goals of a worldwide competition.
A 3 TO 1 CONTACT POINT RATIO ISN'T ENOUGH INCENTIVE?
CARRIBEAN STATIONS CAN'T EVEN OVERCOME A 3:2 POINT DIFFERENTIAL! BE
REALISTIC.
PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE MAKING A L L S A M E CONTINENT QSO'S ZERO
POINTS? THIS WOULD GIVE EQUAL TREATMENT AROUND THE WORLD INSTEAD OF
INFLICTING THIS SEVERE PENALTY ONLY ON THE LARGER COUNTRIES AND WOULD
DEFININTELY ENCOURAGE INTER-CONTINENTAL CONTACTS!
>If you feel the primary focus of the contest is working prefixes, then
> (AHEM....it IS a P - R - E - F - I - X CONTEST)
>you probably don't care whether your working DX or local stations.
>However for me, the World Prefix Contest is about working DX prefixes
>not about working the ham down the street. (YOU ARE REDEFINING THE
CONTEST TO Y O U R LIKING...I BELIEVE THE WPX AWARD IS FOR ALL
PREFIXES).
>
>There are plenty of domestic contests, like the ARRL Sweepstakes,
>where you
>can receive points for working your next door neighbor - if that's
>what you
>want to do. If this is supposed to be an international contest, then
>the
>rules (including points, number of hours on the air, etc) should
>encourage
>DX QSOs and to some extent discourage local contacts.
> (THERE IS ALWAYS THE CQ WW DX CONTEST, CW AND SSB)
>Maybe a compromise worth considering is to increase the point
>value for DX contacts to 5 points, as suggested by Ernesto (LU6BEG),
>to offset the 1 point for intra-country contacts.
>
> (LIKE I SAID, 3:1 ISN'T ENOUGH? CARIB STNS CAN'T OVERCOME A 3:2
DIFFERENTIAL....SOUNDS LIKE SOUR GRAPES TO ME)
>
>
>73, Jim VK1FF/WB2FFY
>
>Internet Email: VK1FF@contesting.com
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>
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