Randy,
What amazes me is that this same discussion was held almost
20 years ago - almost word for word. It was a big deal when K1EA
started CT and the unique discussion dominated every DX/Contesting
discussion for at least a year.
Apparently, that is still the case.
Tom, W1TEF/4
On 9/4/2015 9:47 AM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
I think you are overestimating the number of uniques that are worked during a
contest.
In CQ WW SSB 2014, your multi-single entry as E2E had 2432 QSOs after log
checking. Of those, 17 were uniques. (0.6%)
In your entry as HS0ZCW in WW SSB 2013, you had 649 QSOs after checking and 4
were uniques. (0.6%)
Obviously, other contests with less activity may have different percentages. I
can tell you that your unique percentages are not unusual. Any rule that
removed uniques for everyone would likely shift all of the scores in a similar
amount and would mostly hurt those operators that make more errors.
The CQ WW is a global contest that does pay attention to the opinions from all
parts of the world. Changes are often difficult for long time participants to
accept.
Randy K5ZD
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Charles Harpole
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 9:54 PM
To: CQ-Contest Reflector
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Counting uniques
If my contest uniques got taken out, I could lose 1/3 of my contacts and
assume is true with other DX stations.
The FACT is that I get unique calls from ops who want to work Thailand
and then do not work any other contesters. Also, those who get on
contest activity to work DX and not contests often do not send in a log,
either.
American bosses of American contests show little understanding nor care
for the DX entries. The effect is more and more DX I talk to just
consider the contests a way to work increased activity on the bands and
skip the logging and reporting as beside the point--after all, in the
American contests, DX exists to service NA and that function gets old
very quick.
73,
Charly, HS0ZCW
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