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

[Roger G3SXW]

Thanks for that Andrew:
 
> CQWW SSB 2008 results in the Single Op Single Band 80M High Power.....
> 
> EA8CMX   476,652   1264   27   105  (Op OH2BYS)
> GI0KOW   414,392   2270   26   110
> 
> Can anyone really say it is fair that someone with a much larger QSO
> total (almost 80% more) and higher overall mult total should finish
> lower in the standings?  I think this is the type of unfair result David
> was referring to in the original message in this thread before the focus
> got diverted.

Yes, it is fair because EA8 is 2,000 miles further away from Europe than GI. It is called the CQ World-Wide DX Contest so scoring is weighted three times higher for DX contacts. I can almost guarantee that the whole of GI0KOW's advantage over EA8CMX was in European one-point QSOs. Yes, we can all bang on about the scoring rules but it isn't going to change. Live with it or chose to do other contests instead.

Most proposals for rule changes are made by the very folks who would benefit from those changes. Funny that!
73 de Roger/G3SXW.