[3830] IARU N4KG SO CW LP

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                    IARU HF World Championship

Call: N4KG
Operator(s): N4KG
Station: N4KG

Class: SO CW LP
QTH: ALA
Operating Time (hrs): 14

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Zones  HQ Mults
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  160:   39     0       7       0
   80:   93     0      18       0
   40:  191     0      46       0
   20:  207     0      42       0
   15:   79     0      23       0
   10:   56     0      15       0
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Total:  665     0     151       0  Total Score = 250,000

Club: Alabama Contest Group

Comments:

Note:  NA 10.53 does not calculate score correctly since ALL HQ stations are
listed as ONE POINT QSO's regardless of QTH! Zones and HQ mults are also
combined.  AARGH !
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Where did all the DX go?  

Daytime propagation across the Oceans was DISMAL from Alabama!

Afternoon, Evening, and Nighttime Propagation was much more productive.

This contest ‘felt’ like an FOC Marathon with it’s Bonus Points for 5 and
6 Band QSO’s and with activity from NA, Europe, and the British Empire. 
Saturday night I began filling in missing bands, mostly with other Zone 8
stations including 3 excursions to 10 and 15 Meters with N4OGW (MS), W9WI (TN),
and WA1FCN (AL) after Midnight local time to complete 6 Banders with each of
them.

6 Band QSO’s = 11  -   5 Band QSO’s = 10  -  4 Band QSO’s = 16

I was pleased to contact CU2A, LU4A, and TI5N on 5 Bands.
CU2A and T90HQ were my only Europeans on 10 Meters.

To my mind, the 1 / 3 / 5  QSO point format is WAY TOO Discriminatory to
stations in densely populated Zones.  Consider the following:

1 Point QSO’s = 266  = 40% of Q’s   =>  266 points = 15% of Score

3 Point QSO’s = 246  = 37% of Q’s   =>  738 points = 41.7% of Score

5 Point QSO’s = 153  = 23% of  Q’s  =>  765 points = 43.2% of Score

Zone 6 = 74 QSO’s,    Zone 7 =  87 QSO’s,  Zone 8 = 266 QSO’s (1
pointers)

Yes, working stations on different Continents is more difficult, BUT, how can
one justify giving 3 points to guys in the Central States for working the
nearby East and West Coasts while awarding only 1 point to East Coast Stations
for working other East Coast Stations?  This is Especially Discriminatory for
those of us living in the SouthWest corner of Zone 8 with a HUGE handicap to
Europe compared to our fellow Zone 8 inhabitants in the upper NE USA. 

Looking at my QSO Breakdown by Continent is especially revealing:
NA = 77%,  EU = 14.7%,  SA = 5.2%,  OC = 1.2%, AF = 1%,  AS = 0.8%

Interestingly, K4TD (AL) and N4OGW (MS) who put in more time and ran High
Power
had similar distributions.  I’m gald I didn’t take this contest too
seriously and took lots of OFF Time during the Day!

Tom  N4KG / LP (= 100W) in North Alabama

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