Ah, but you must remember that when the ARRL DX contest started, the ARRL was
both the US & Canada. And at the time, both Alaska & Hawaii were still
territories & separated DXCC entities.
Although the ARRL Canadian Division eventually became the CRRL, now part of
RAC, the ARRL DX contest is still "The US & Canada vs Everyone Else". And
"everyone else" still includes AK & HI since they remain separate DXCC
entities, even though they are now states.
So it's really not that interesting at all, just historical legacy that is
still respected.
John, you are of course free to petition the ARRL Contest Branch folks to have
this all changed. Good luck with that.
73, ron W3WN
-----Original Message-----
From: John Geiger <af5cc2@gmail.com>
To: Mike Ritz <w7vo@comcast.net>
Cc: Contest List <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Fri, Sep 29, 2017 3:11 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW
It is interesting that in the ARRL DX contest, US stations cannot work
Canada which is a separate country from the US, but we can work Alaska and
Hawaii, which are both part of the US. Not exactly a "DX Contest" is it?
John AF5CC
On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Mike Ritz <w7vo@comcast.net> wrote:
> I am all for the "everybody works everybody" rule that the CQWW RTTY has,
> especially since we run into so many US people in the contest that don't
> know that you can only work DX, and will answer you when you are running.
> This is a contact that you have to make to be able to move on, and is zero
> points. I was reminded of how fun the RTTY contest was last weekend when I
> could sit some new hams down in the shack and let them have at it, and
> everybody they worked was worth at least one point.
>
> Our local DX club here in the Pacific NW has a year long "contest within a
> contest" going on with several other NW based clubs, including a VE based
> DX club. Every US station the VE club works in the CQWW Phone and CW are
> worth points, every US station we work are zeros. There are a lot more US
> stations on than VEs, which really skews the results. The CQWW RTTY rules
> evens up the playing field somewhat, as they still get 2 points per US QSO,
> but at least we get one point rather than zero.
>
> That said, rules are rules, and the idea is to have as much fun as
> possible within the rules!
>
> 73;
> Mike
> W7VO
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "John Geiger" <af5cc2@gmail.com>
> To: "Ria Jairam" <rjairam@gmail.com>
> Cc: sawyered@earthlink.net, "CQ-Contest Reflector" <
> cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 7:18:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW
>
> Some stations, like those in the US, can get the zone multipliers by
> working other countries. I can get zones 3, 4 and 5 by working Canada. I
> don't have to work a station in my country to get them, so if we eliminated
> same country QSOs, I would lose 1 mult-the US country multiplier.
>
> However, some other amateurs wouldn't be so fortunate. If I am in Asiatic
> Russia and in Zone 17, and I cannot work other stations in my country,
> there is no way for me to get zones 18 and 19 as multipliers. That rule
> then costs me 3 multipliers per band-1 country multiplier and 2 zone
> multipliers.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Ria Jairam <rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If that is the case then we shouldn't be able to contact US stations
> > for the country and zone mult.
> >
> > I find this to be an anomaly for two reasons:
> >
> > 1. You try to contact US stations to get the zone and country mult and
> > some of them get angry that you're taking away precious op time from
> > them.
> >
> > 2. You're running a pileup and a bunch of US stations are calling you
> > trying for the country and zone mult and some out of plain ignorance,
> > they hear a contest is on and then work everyone they can hear. The
> > former is no big deal. The latter is a problem because you don't know
> > if to ignore them.
> >
> > The same country zone and country mult should either be eliminated OR
> > credit for stateside QSOs would be welcome. The former will have the
> > least impact in terms of scores. The latter would bring a shift and
> > would likely make some stations more competitive (I can see the
> > central states benefitting more).
> >
> > The game has and can always evolve. Strategy will have to change too,
> > nothing wrong with that.
> >
> > 73
> > Ria, N2RJ
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 8:22 PM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > > Its actually called the CQ World Wide DX Contest. The reason that
> > domestic
> > > contacts do not count for points should be quite clear based on the
> > actual
> > > name of the contest.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I believe the rules were amended for the RTTY contest because there was
> > > initially so little participation that it needed an enhancement to be
> > > viable. If its now become much more popular, the CQ WW DX RTTY should
> > > actually consider adopting the traditional rules.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Find a contest that suits your style and location and enjoy.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 73
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ed N1UR
> > >
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