[CQ-Contest] penalty: followup 1

[DougKR2Q at aol.com]

Contesters:

1.  I sincerely wish that everbody who replied to me privately would also 
voice their opinions "in public."

2.  One person thought that my comments insinuated that log checking is now 
perfect.  That was not my intention and such a statement is certainly not 
true.  Errors happen (entrants make them, so can the contest sponsor).  If 
you find an error, contact the contest sponsor.  In the case of CQWW, 
corrections are usually immediately forthcoming (and have yet to have had an 
effect on position of finish).

3.  Yes, log checking is more thorough today than 10 years ago.  The point 
was that the penalty has been around for around two decades.

4.  The "6%" figure for the "best" contest op's was a measure of central 
tendency, not an absolute.  Some guys lose nothing (really!), some lose lots. 
[By the way, "loose" is when something isn't tight.]

5.  Those of you who privately thought a penalty was good, but 3:1 was too 
high are in a different discussion.  If you think some penalty is good, then 
it's just a matter of degree.

As for "old" records, here are the years of the current records:

World Records
High Power
ALL  99
28   99
21   94
14   94
 7   97
3.7  95
1.8  96

Low Power
LA   97
L28  98
L21  98
L14  94
L7   95
L3.7 99
L1.8 95

Assisted
AA   94
A28  99
A21  99
A14  99
A7   97
A3.7 97
A1.8 99

MS   93
MM   99


USA RECORDS
High Power
ALL   99
28    99
21    99
14    85
7     95
3.7   96
1.8   95

Low Power
LA    99
L28   99
L21   91
L14   93
L7    92
L3.7  95
L1.8  93

Assisted
AA    99
A28   90
A21   98
A14   93
A7    92
A3.7  95
A1.8  97

MS    90
MM    99

Europe Records
ALL   99
28    99
21    97
14    99
7     92
3.7   90
1.8   84

Low Power
LA    99
L28   99
L21   99
L14   96
L7    96
L3.7  99
L1.8  95

Assisted
AA    99
A28   99
A21   99
A14   99
A7    97
A3.7  97
A1.8  99

MS    90
MM    99

I don't see many "old" records (just two from the 80's).  If you want to see 
the scores, visit http://www.cqww.com/intro.htm

Enjoy!
de Doug KR2Q


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