IARU Region 1 HF committee is having an interim meeting in OE land
next February. Papers to be discussed can be found at:
http://iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=173&func=download&id=294&chk=21d786e3ee7686357f4e705dec541e6b&no_html=1
In this paper, DARC suggests that QSO points in the IARU contest be
changed.
Introduction
When the International Amateur Radio Union decided to continue the
IARU Contest as IARU HF World Championship. the rules were enacted
with no essential changes made since then. The calculation of QSO
points is criticised in many discussions.
Background
The current rules state:
QSO Points:
1) 7.1. Contacts within your own ITU zone, as well as QSOs with any
IARU-member society HQ station or IARU official (counting as the
special multiplier), count one point each.
7.1.1. Contacts with a station in the same ITU zone but on a different
continent count one point.
2) 7.2. Contacts within your continent (but different ITU zone) count
three points.
3) 7.3. Contacts with a different continent and IARU zone count five
points.
Many contesters are accustomed to the fact that QSOs with the own
continent are scored with different points than DX QSOs (QSOs with
other continents). But from the sporting point of view it is difficult to
understand that zone borders are separating one continent into different
(ITU) zones. Example: Many German stations take part in this contest
which can be found also in the logs of our neighbours. While our Eastern
neighbours score one point for each QSO with DL, our Western
neighbours score three points for a QSO with Germany because they
are located in a different ITU zone accidentally.
Reference:
Presentation VIE09_C4_08 IARU HF World Championship
Recommendation
That the HF committee develops a new scoring method.
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