[CQ-Contest] Real Time Scoreboards

[Dick Green WC1M]

The NA two-point rule makes no sense either. Like I said, a more equitable
system would either have 1-point per QSO or use distance to the zone worked
to determine QSO points. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Erik Holm [mailto:sm2ekm at telia.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 3:51 AM
> Cc: 'CQ-Contest at contesting. com'
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Real Time Scoreboards
> 
> Don´t complain! Inside NA at least you get 2 points per QSO, 
> inside all other continents each QSO only gives 1 point.
> Fair?, no not IMO. Since it´s a worldwide competition scoring 
> rules should be uniform.
> 
> This thing with 2 points in NA came about a long long time 
> ago, the purpose was to stimulate activity in the NA 
> carribean area since at that point (early 60:ties I think it 
> was, think W2SKE was inventor) activity was very low.
> However that doesn´t apply anymore and we live nowdays in a 
> totally different world, IMO scoring should be the same in 
> all continents.
> 
> 
> Dick Green WC1M wrote:
> > That "ancient, unfair, archaic" rule put our 2002 CQ WW SSB 
> M/S operation
> > from 8P8P in third place, even though our QSOs+mults total 
> was higher than
> > any other station in our category (at one point per QSO, 
> we'd have won.)
>  >
> 1 point (or whatever number) per QSO for ALL QSO´s, yes I agree.
>  >
> > That's because for some bizarre reason, 8P is considered 
> part of NA instead
> > of SA, to which it is much closer. All our NA Qs counted 
> just 2 points,
>  >
> With this type of reasoning everything should just belong to 
> one continent.
>  >
> > while our competition from EA8 and HC8 got 3 points for 
> each EU and NA QSO.
> > Where's the logic in that?
> > 
> 73 Jim / SM2EKM
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