[CQ-Contest] zero pointers

[Clint Talmadge]

I will start by stating I am a casual contester so if I am missing something please tell me.  In the CQWW this weekend, in my single band effort I made 2 "No Point" contacts to get my "3" & "5" zone multipliers (I was lucky enough to get a "4" from a VE). I only worked 15M but if I had worked all bands wouldn't I have to get a 3, 4 & 5 multiplier for each band I worked? If I had to have a multiplier I would find the loudest, best operated station I could and get the contact (which is what I did). I would have to find a "Running" station to do so as I could not get them from an other S&P station. And if I did and that "Running" station NILed my contact to "teach me a lesson" (my verbiage, not in the original post) how would I get the needed mults in the next contest that has the same rule? I agree with most that contacts in your own country should count for something, but that is not the way the rule is written now.

Any enlightenment would be appreciated.

Clint - W5CPT
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rick Dougherty 
  To: CQ Contest 
  Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:20 AM
  Subject: [CQ-Contest] zero pointers


  Hi all...New Thread ...at least for the time being....reviewing my log this morning, I find we made nearly 1600 NA qso's...approx 75% were zero pointers from the US...my dilemma should I teach these bozo's a lesson and NIL ( that's making a verb out of a noun, I realize) them all so they do not get credit????

  How does one get the word across that when they hunt us down and work us on all bands they are not helping us in this contest??? 

  With nearly 1200 zero point qso's and my average hourly rate of just under 90 per hour...that's a lot of wasted hours!!! Its time for the contest committee from CQ to step to the plate and "do the right thing" its time for one point per qso in one's own country!!!

  73 de NQ4I


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