[CQ-Contest] CQWW contest analysis database

[Christian Schneider]

The numbers are fascinating (many thanks Fabian!) but can be a bit
misleading in one point about a potential WWDX distant contest: a contest
based on distance by its rules will require a completely different approach
by the participants: No need for hunting mulipliers (ok, may reduce
cluster-pileups), at least different need to exploit nearby population
centers and supposedly different bandchange strategies. Perhaps someone very
active and successful in Makrothen RTTY-contest can tell more about the
consequences of distance-scoring in a MULTIBAND-Contest (other than Stew
Perry single band contest). I only rmember one episode when a running
station denied to work non-DX-stations... (Results with qso-nrs, kilometers
and ODX are here:
http://home.arcor.de/waldemar.kebsch/The_Makrothen_Contest/TMC_Results.html)
. I can suppose it will reduce activity on some bands like 160m in WPX or
the cumbersome but interesting qso/multi-scratching on difficult bands like
10m in its present shape.
And I´m quite sure there will be special geografic regions (south america?
Hawaii?) with an advantage that cannot be overcome by skill from other
regions. But at least that will allow for a debate what will be the more
fair way to determine the winner. 
But again: the rules determine the flavour and conditions of the contest -
and you have to live with them - as a qrp-op I could also complain that a
500km-qso with a DL counts less than a 200km-qso with OK. If I want a
distance contest I operate Makrothen or TBDC. I don´t want every contest to
be the same.
Best 73, Chris

P.S.: How about a topic not for 10 winning aspirants but about motivating
>1k more guys to operate longer and more competetive on their level?