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

[Jeff Clarke]

This subject seems to resurface every year around this time. I don't believe 
you can make the scoring fair for everyone because every location has its 
own advantages and disadvantages. While those in zone 9 and North Africa 
have some advantage, it is a sweet victory if you can beat someone operating 
in one of those locations. The members of the CQWW committee are some of the 
best and most respected contesters in the world and I'm sure they know what 
they are doing when it comes to the rules.

  I think that CQ is doing the best they can with the scoring system they 
use, which I think has been around since the beginning of the CQWW DX 
contests. I wouldn't rush to change the rules until you were sure you were 
100% right with it. I too once thought the scoring was unfair but after 
operating from zone 9 for the last several years I am grateful for those 3 
point QSO's on 80 and 160 meters which seem to be a chip shot for those 
north of us in the Caribbean.



I can feel David's (KY1V) pain but if he truly wanted to be competitive in 
CQWW he should have built his station in zone 9. He will probably forget all 
about this when he is enjoying the advantage he will have from Jamaica in 
the ARRL DX contests. Sometimes you can't have the best of both worlds....


Jeff  KU8E (past operator at PJ2T and PJ4A)