[CQ-Contest] Why I Won't Be in CQWW CW This Year

[Barry]

I knew some PhD in statistics would comment on my 
guesstimation :.) John, maybe you can look at your BRK file and 
tell us how many Ws you worked?

Jim, your point is well-taken, and I did consider it. However, the 
fact that it's easier to work K0RF than UA0RF is probably offset by 
the fact that 8P9Z is a good op and knows he should make more of 
an effort to work 3 pointers by choosing his bands carefully. So, at 
0800Z, he's probably on 20m running EU, working DL0RF, and 
looking for lowband mults, rather than running Ws on 80 or 160. 
Out of his 6300 QSOs, ~4500 were on 20, 15, and 10; ~1200 were 
on 40; and ~700 (10 percent) were on 80/160.
73,
Barry

On 15 Oct 01, Jim Reisert wrote:

> It's probably significantly less than 40%.  You'll work more of the same
> stations if they're closer to you, i.e. it's easier to work K0RF on 6 bands
> than UA0RF.  So of those two pointers, many more will be with the same station
> than the 3 pointers.  This makes the ratio of 2-point STATIONS to non-2-point
> STATIONS less than 40%.
> 
> - Jim
> 
> --- Barry  <w2up at mindspring.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Here's an armchair analysis of CQWW CW participation by 
> > location:
> > I looked at scores from reported on 3830 last year. I wanted to find 
> > a high score in zone 8 (for easy analysis of 2 point (mostly US) vs. 
> > 3 point locations) for analysis, and picked 8P9Z. If you do the math 
> > to figure out the average worth of each QSO (score divided by 
> > mults), it was about 2.6 points.
> > Assuming most of the 2 pointers came from the US, rather than 
> > other Caribb (mostly US Dxpeditions anyway) and VE stations, 
> > that means about 40% of 8P9Z's QSOs were with the US. Less 
> > than half, but I wouldn't say "most" participants come from outside 
> > the US.
> 
> 
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Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up at mindspring.com
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