[CQ-Contest] Question re CQWW UBN point deductions

Tim Duffy K3LR k3lr at k3lr.com
Sun Aug 10 18:47:17 EDT 2003


Barry:

I am certain that this is not the case.

Penalty points are assessed according to the value of the QSO that is
lost. So zero point qsos that are Bad or NIL  result in zero points for
the penalty.

73,
Tim K3LR

Barry wrote:

> Question re UBN point reductions for the knowing...
>
> I had one busted (-B) and one NIL (-N) QSO for stateside stations
> (they called me. Go figure...) It appears that I lost 12 points for
> each of them.
>
> Why would lose points for a 0 pointer? Even if the three QSO penalty
> applied and each QSO is considered 3 points, that's 9, not 12, since
> I wasn't credited 3 points for the QSO in the first place. Even so,
> shouldn't the point deduction be for like QSOs? (0 for 0, 2 for 2, 3
> for 3, etc.)
> Tnx,
> Barry
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