[CQ-Contest] ZERO points

[k3bu at optonline.net]

In response to UA9CDC comments:

We are talking here about CQ WW and its scoring system, if the US and other large countries were not penalized with zero points, there would be more activity, again WPX is proof of that. Euros are increasing in activity because they can work each other - more fun. If they had zero points for every Euro contact (just count multipliers) would they be working zero pointers? 

We are not talking about UA0Q, VK5, ZL (they are still multipliers, double, and if we can hear them, we will work them) and not about making contest rules ideal. We are talking about huge discrepancy with US and other POPULOUS countries and the negative bias that this scoring system creates in a contest that is considered world's best. Maybe you would have more VK, ZLs active if they could work each other too, way down there.

Don't mix here IARU and HQ stations here, look at WPX contest. If the national society gets their subjects to work just their mother HQ, that is a different problem and doesn't belong here. The whole idea of HQ stations is plain dumb anyway.

The point is that zero points for own country QSO is making a joke of world top scores listings, is detrimental to participation from populous countries and there is no reason to have it that way in today's situation and with prestige of CQ WW contest.

73 i z prazdnykom Rozhdestva Chrystovogo!

Yuri K3BU