[CQ-Contest] Question re CQWW UBN point deductions

[David A. Pruett]

At 05:48 PM 8/10/03 +0000, Barry wrote:
>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.)

Barry,

This is how we handle the ARRL 10M and 160M contests.  (ARRL 160 has W/VE = 
2, DX = 5 and ARRL 10 has CW = 4 and SSB = 2).  Penalties are ONE 
EQUIVALENT QSO.

I would have expected the CQWW team to do the same.

Dave/K8CC