Just for the record.
Waaay back I was also not very happy with the scoring systems and
inequality and bias with major contests.
After I was told "to come up with better contest" - I did some
thinking, and tried to come up with THE CONTEST that is more fair, and I
named it after genius who gave us radio - Nikola Tesla.
See the historical web site http://www.teslaradio.org/Tesla_cup.htm
and links on the bottom.
I tried to publicize it in Dayton, only to find posters to be torn down.
I tried to get YCCC, FRC, CQ Magazine, YU clubs to cosponsor or support
- naaaah!
It is amusing now to see all the speculations, while there it was, but
refused by the "authorities"
So here it is free for taking it, I am retiring from rentastations
contesting and spending time with grand kids.
Oh, and for WRTC I suggested category of "Suitcase Station" where
contestants will compete with own stations, all that fits in carry-on
suitcase. (No power limit, just weight of 60 lbs.) Challenge to design
and operate, real test of Boy and his radio. Qualifying runs done on
continents, winners go to big one.
73 and GL!
Yuri, K3BU, VE3BMV, VE1BY, etc.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 03:16 PM, Matt Murphy wrote:
> I propose something like the following approach to calculating QSO
points:
1) One point for every grid square traversed by the signal (the
shortest
path between the two stations).
2) Add a point for each of the above grids that are at least 80%
covered by
land.
3) Square the result.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:51 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
On Tue,11/10/2015 3:15 PM, Ward Silver wrote:
Distance-based scoring really won't work for bands on which there is
a
skip zone.
Horse-pucky! Scoring rules determine who wants to work whom. For
stations
in Zones 3, 11, 12, 13, 29, 30 to have fun in a DX contest, there
must be a
real desire for other stations to work them. Those zones are remote
from
population centers, and for the most part, there's only 2-3 countries
in a
zone. VK is a continent larger than EU, yet only one country
multiplier and
two zone mults. EU is much smaller than South America, but EU has 5X
the
country multipliers.
Distances DO matter on bands with skip zones. I cited examples in an
earlier post. Stations and power being equal, I can work a LOT more
mults
on more bands in IARU, CQ, and ARRL DX contests from W1 than I can
from W6.
We need FAR more than "ranking" by zone or geographical area. We need
a
system where an operator in all but the most remote parts of the
world is
at least in the same contest with those in the Atlantic basin, and
where
his final score is determined by comparison with his geographic
peers. It
IS possible to design scoring rules that achieve this. It's like the
US
Congress -- we simply need the WILL to do it.
73, Jim K9YC
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