I believe the CQWW RTTY contest is one of the few that recognizes that
Europe has a big advantage in CQWW CW or SSB. Letting USA treat states as a
multiplier tends to level the playing field a little.
Just my 2 cents.
73, Tom, W1TO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shelby Summerville" <k4ww@arrl.net>
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 1:16 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Fw: [CQ-Contest] CQWW RTTY interesting rules
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve London" <n2icarrl@gmail.com>
> To: "reflector cq-contest" <CQ-Contest@Contesting.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW RTTY interesting rules
>
>
>> Flame on....
>>
>> RTTY activity has dramatically increased in the past decade. Hasn't RTTY
>> activity reached the point that the CQWW RTTY could have the same rules
>> as
>> the
>> CQWW CW and SSB contests ? Almost every weekend there is an
>> everyone-works-everyone RTTY contest. Isn't it time for a world-class,
>> everyone-works-only-DX RTTY contest ? Until the CQWW RTTY adopts the
>> same
>> rules
>> as its big brothers, it will be, in my mind, a poor cousin to the CQWW CW
>> and
>> CQWW SSB contests.
>>
>> 73,
>> Steve, N2IC
>>
>> K1TTT wrote:
>>> If you still haven't looked into operating CQWW RTTY this coming weekend
>>> please give it a serious thought. This is a MUCH different event than
>>> CW
>>> and SSB In this one there are NO ZERO POINT QSO's. And States and
>>> Provinces count as multipliers in addition to the normal countries and
>>> zones. And yes, that does mean there are TRIPLE multipliers!! So yes,
>>> there will be activity on 10m and 15m where we all want to work states
>>> in
>>> addition to the zones. Just think, get on 10m and you could be a TRIPLE
>>> multiplier for lots of stations! So please think about it, even if for
>>> only
>>> a few hours, and don't forget 10m!
>>>
>>> Check out last year's results and this year's rules at:
>>> http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/RTTYDXContest.html
>>>
>>> And don't forget to post your scores in real time to
>>> http://www.getscores.org/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Robbins K1TTT
>>> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
>>> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
>>> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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