Fw: [CQ-Contest] CW UBN

[Michael Gilmer]

K5TR wrote:
> I do not recall it being the effort of logging them nor
> was it the trouble of duping them - afterall ten contacts
> with a ZERO point station counts the same as one contact.
>
> The problem was it made it very hard to figure out
> your average points per QSO.
>
> The first time I showed up at a CQ WW M/M I was told not to
> log more than a few W stations.

Needing to calculate (or wanting to maximize) points-per-QSO is obviously
unnecessary today.

I don't need to tell most of you that the problem back in the good ol' days
was that in order to report the score immediately after the contest, one
needed to guesstimate the points-per-QSO.  I recall hearing, "Using last
year's...",  oh so many times on 3830.  So any deviation from the norm (IOW,
too many zero-pointers) was perceived as a hidden, after-3830,
score-reducer.  And since relatively few (compared to today) logs were
checked, it was of no consequence - although it should have been.

Computer logging has been the norm for well over ten years.  Points-per-QSO
is calculated on the fly.  No need to guess or maximize.  Old habits die
hard I suppose.

73 Mike N2MG