[CQ-Contest] Barking up the wrong DX maple tree

[Richard DiDonna NN3W]

--- Original Message ---
From: "Rich Gelber" <k2wr at njdxa.org>
To: "Contest Reflector" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Barking up the wrong DX 
maple tree

>Here's what I don't understand (and I consider both 
K1ZM and KQ2M friends):
>
>VY2ZM (K1ZM) apparently won BOTH CW and SSB SOAB in 
this year's ARRL DX. 
>That's a singular accomplishment from anywhere, under 
any conditions.  Jeff 
>deserves our congratulations.
>
>There is no Canadian frequency-mode allocation 
advantage on CW.   So how do 
>we know that Jeff's SSB win is due to running below 
14.150?  
>
This is true, Jeff did apparently win both CW and 
SSB.  But the margin of victory in CW was about 
400,000 points - or about 9% higher than KQ2M's score.

Jeff's SSB score was 2.1 million points higher than 
K4ZW's score - about 68% higher than K4ZW's score.  
That is a significant differential.

Rich NN3W