[CQ-Contest] Is it time to reevaluate CQWW Scoring Rules?

[Dick Green WC1M]

Without extra credit for distance, there's less incentive to work the world.
Countries and continents with large population would have less incentive to
work outside their borders, except to get individual mults. I don't think it
would be as interesting a contest. CQ WW was clearly designed to reward
participants for working stations outside their country and continent.

73, Dick WC1M

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Geiger [mailto:aa5jg at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 12:38 AM
> To: 'David Kopacz'; cq-contest at contesting.com; wc1m73 at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to reevaluate CQWW Scoring Rules?
> 
> Or just 2 points per QSO, regardless of distance, continent, or country.
> 
> 73s John AA5JG
> 
> --- On Fri, 12/4/09, Dick Green WC1M <wc1m73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Dick Green WC1M <wc1m73 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to reevaluate CQWW Scoring Rules?
> > To: "'David Kopacz'" <david.kopacz at aspwebhosting.com>, cq-
> contest at contesting.com
> > Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:40 PM
> > Anamolies like this are inevitable
> > with a continent-based scoring system. I
> > think the only way to fix it is to use a scheme based on
> > actual distance,
> > such as one QSO point per 1000 kilometers of distance, or
> > something similar.
> > It would be relatively simple to implement such a system
> > with today's
> > computer-based logging and log-checking programs.
> >
> > 73, Dick WC1M
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: David Kopacz [mailto:david.kopacz at aspwebhosting.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:33 PM
> > > To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to reevaluate CQWW
> > Scoring Rules?
> > >
> > > What's wrong with this picture?
> > >
> > > EF8M(RD3AF)
> >    7374   131   409
> >   48 11,888,100
> > > V47NT(N2NT)
> >    7402   135   457
> >   48 11,231,424
> > >
> > > Let's see, V47NT has more Q's more zones and
> > significantly more
> > > countries, but a lower score!
> > >
> > > So basically, he out-performed EF8M in all aspects and
> > still loses.
> > >
> > > I think it's time for an evaluation of the scoring
> > rules.
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> > >
> > > David ~ KY1V
> >
> >
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