Great idea Jim N3BB!!!!
1 point for contacts within your country give the single-band ops like me a
reason to stay on the air... Us single-band ops would really love that
opportunity.
73s Dave WN4AFP
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Jim George <n3bb@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Agree. At my weekly "radio lunch" with K5NA, K5OT, W5JAW, and N5TW, we
> came up with the same thing. Everyone should be able to work his/her own
> country for one point. This would not only encourage more activity, but
> eliminate one current irritation of the CQWW where people in your country
> call you and you either ignore them or work them to clear the frequency for
> weaker DX. That would level out the current rules where people are in small
> countries and can work others at high rates (at more points). It should
> help activity in large countries like W, RA, VU, VE, VK, BY, etc., as well
> as other counties that have significant ham radio populations.
>
> It would allow more action on bands that currently are of little use at
> many "dead times," and of course would have a major impact on M/M stations.
>
> Jim N3BB
>
> At 12:37 PM 7/19/2016 -0400, VE2TZT wrote:
>
>> -1 point per contact for everybody whatever the country, the continent or
>> the zone. (no more indecent continental border advantage as EA8, CN or even
>> some extreme East Coast)
>>
>> -The US states, the Canadian provinces and the Japanese call area become
>> multipliers (then the multiplier potential in NA should be about the same
>> as in EU)
>>
>> Globally with that rules the East coast beams should turn 180 degrees
>> more often and perhaps that should give more motivation to have some more
>> traffic in NA during the second half of the night.
>>
>> Gilles VA2EW
>>
>>
>> On 18/07/2016 18:13, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
>>
>>> Other than moving some tectonic plates, what do you suggest would make
>>> CQ WW
>>> more interesting for those not bordering the Atlantic Ocean?
>>>
>>> Not useful to complain without offering a suggestion.
>>>
>>> Randy, K5ZD
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf
>>>> Of
>>>> Jim Brown
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 4:09 PM
>>>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW Committee Restructured
>>>>
>>>> On Sat,7/16/2016 4:21 PM, Barry wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Was a requirement for consideration having grown up in NJ? :-)
>>>>>
>>>> qrz.com shows that all LIVE in the golden eastern half of NA. So VERY
>>>> unlikely that anything will happen to make these contests interesting
>>>> for
>>>> stations contesting outside the Atlantic basin.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>>>
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