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

[David Kopacz]

I believe you may be overlooking that distance is not always a
disadvantage.

The extra 2000 miles is most likely an advantage on some bands. When
skip is long, being close is not an advantege, I can asure you of that
from experience when competing with PJ2T from 6Y1V.

I suspect that the multiplier difference wasn't made solely from
"closer" European contacts either.

David ~ KY1V


-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger G3SXW
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:02 AM
To: Andrew; cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to reevaluate CQWW Scoring Rules?

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.
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