> Now that I am back at home I have the enhanced score, which is
> 6.972M...neat......that is about an 11% increase thanks to 1 pointers.
> I would be interested to see if others witness similar percentages as a
> result of the new rules...this was a hot topic on the contest reflector last
> year.
Here are some figures from my logs:
Contest All-QSOs USA-QSOs %-USA Score-Old Score-New
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WPX CW 1997 1253 401 32.0% 1754004 1989792
WPX CW 1998 1196 470 39.3% 1418772 1676332
WPX CW 1999 1835 448 24.4% 3022170 3315610
This year, my score was improved by 9.7% due to the new 1-point rule.
Strategy-wise, before the rule change I would try to work each
domestic station I heard exactly once, even if they weren't a
new prefix for me. This year, I tried to work each domestic
station on each band.
Even so, my percentage of domestic QSOs went way DOWN this year.
The conclusion I draw from this is that band conditions, not the
scoring rule change, is the dominating factor. Who is going to
settle for 1-point domestic QSOs when 3-point DX QSOs are there
for the taking? Not I.
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Ray Rocker WQ5L
rocker@ametro.net
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