While this might be fun on the higher bands, on the low bands, it would
spell disaster.
I find it frustrating and sad during some of these 160M "DX contests" to
be listening to a DX station on 160M on the same frequency as a U.S.
station calling "CQ", with the U.S. station working stateside QSO's left
and right, because it's the way to optimize their score. Working
bucketloads of 2-pointers is far (more than 5X ) easier than working a
DX station in another continent for 10. Yeah, I'm looking at you, 2016
CQ World-Wide 160-Meter Contest.
There's not a lot of "world-wide" action going on during that one, at
least from my perspective.
I turn that contest into a "Work DX only" game, as a reward to them for
their endless CQing in the face of overwhelmingly louder U.S. stations,
or calling U.S. stations which can't hear them.
73,
Steve
NN4X
EL98jh
> 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
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