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Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to reevaluate CQWW Scoring Rules?

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to reevaluate CQWW Scoring Rules?
From: <w1md@cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 15:40:11 -0500
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It's "fair" because BOTH parties new exactly what they were up against BEFORE 
the contest started.

Stop beating a dead horse...if you want to make a 'play' for revamping the 
rules for CQWW then use another argument. When folks go to 2pt. land vs. 3pt. 
land they know before the contest starts that they are going to be 
disadvantaged. You knew it before you decided to invest in 6y1v...

W1MD


---- David Kopacz <david.kopacz@aspwebhosting.com> wrote: 
> "And if now V47NT wants to win the world he should go to a 3 pts
> country. "
> 
> Yes, this is a great idea! Let's simply move all the best operators and
> stations to 3 point countries. I can see it now.
> 
> 25 station on P40, 32 station on PJ2 and 45 on EA8. This makes great
> sense.
> 
> I never stated that EU stations should continue to only get one point
> for EU QSO's while Caribbean stations continue to get 2 points each QSO.
> Ask any US station if they are frustrated getting 0 points for "in
> country" QSO's. I merely made a simple observation that V47NT out
> performed EF8M and lost. How is this fair?
> 
> This was just ONE observation. There are many more. I simply do not
> think that one person should have an unfair advantage over another
> simply because he chooses to go to a 3 point location. Do you have any
> idea how much work it is to set up a station on a remote island? I can
> tell you just getting the equipment there and clearing customs was a
> major undertaking! Think about clearing a jungle on the side of a hill
> and then jack hammering through volcanic rock to put up 6 towers and guy
> anchors. This is no small task.
> 
> I could move the 6Y1V station to PJ2 P40 CT3 EA8 HC8, but how much fun
> would that be for those people already there or for everyone else
> working those more rare multipliers? I am quite certain that everyone in
> Europe pointing their yagis to NA enjoys working a handful of Caribbean
> stations over the thousands of US stations on the band. Think how much
> fun it would be next year if instead of logging PJ2T 6Y1V and V47NT, you
> instead log PJ2T, PJ2V and PJ2NT.
> 
> Think about it, how many stations do you think could operate from HC8
> before the multiplier is diluted? I suggest if I moved 6Y1V there,
> neither HC8N nor my station HC8V would win a contest simply because
> people wouldn't make an effort to work both of us. Once they worked on
> station for the multiplier the other station would be ignored.
> 
> Telling people to choose a 3 point location is NOT the answer. Making
> small adjustments to the scoring in order to level the playing field so
> the same stations aren't always winning year after year when they are
> clearly not making the most QSO's and multipliers is more appropriate.
> 
> David ~ KY1V
>       
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