>
> At 08:06 AM 3/30/1999 +0200, SM2EKM wrote:
> >
> >One question: Why should the point structure be different in the
> >North American continent compared to the rest of the world if
> >this is supposed to be a WW contest (also CQWW) ???
> >
>
> To keep us from competing evenly with Europe! To truly level the
> playing field, the rules should divide the United States into regions
> (call-areas?) roughly the size of the major countries of Europe, and
> permit different-country credit for QSOs between them, particularly
> on the low bands.
How about eliminating the country differential? Simply 1 point (or
2 points, take your pick) for QSOs within one's own continent and
3 points (or 5 points, again pick-em) for QSOs with another continent?
Miltipliers ... total band-prefixes. There's still an incentive to
work DX (higher inter-continental points) ...
73,
... Joe Subich, W8IK/4 ex-AD8I
<W8IK@IBM.NET>
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