In a message dated 11/1/2006 8:15:28 A.M. Central Standard Time,
steve.root@culligan4water.com writes:
With the notable exception of K0HB, I can't help but notice that those most
vigorously opposed to any "leveling of the playing field" are those who's
fields need the least leveling.
As the author of this thread, I politely disagree. I lived in Europe two
years and four years in Asia and operated all the major contests, and there is
no silver bullet magic formula that would equalize scores to provide such a
comparison.
I think the best way to level the playing field is to allow enough filtering
of performance components (location, power, antennas, SO2R, etc) that you
can actually establish some kind of meaningful performance comparison against.
What I really learned from living around the world is that CQWW really is
several different contests, depending on where you happen to live. (BTW,
Europe was by far my favorite CQWW location)
How do we "equalize" those contests? Absolutely the best way is to
evaluate all performance factors (noted above) in a true apples to apples
comparison
how the scores vary around the world. We can then score the results with
different scoring formulas among equally equipped stations to see which is the
fairest. It will never be perfect, but it may help eliminate some of the
perceived inequalities.
Paul, K5AF
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