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

[Scott Currier]

Rather than radically changing the whole contest, has anyone thought about adding US states and Canadian Provinces as multipliers? 

Drop the 2 point rule for NA stations, since it won't be needed any longer. 

You can work anyone for points that is not in your multiplier. 

The rest of the contest rules remain the same. 

Do the same thing for VK. 

73 and good contesting. 

Scott Currier KT1B
Haverhill, MA


























> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:47:49 -0600
> From: dougw9wi at gmail.com
> To: david.kopacz at aspwebhosting.com
> CC: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to reevaluate CQWW Scoring Rules?
> 
> David Kopacz wrote:
> > Educate the masses...
> > 
> > http://www.arrl.org/locate/grid.html
> 
> I guess my question is, just how important are the VERY casual participants?
> 
> It would be interesting to know what proportion of the stations in large logs (like 6Y1V!) are regular contesters.  For example, how many are worked 
> only in the CQWW, and how many show up in the logs for other contests?
> 
> My suspicion...  is that CQWW has a fairly high proportion of casual participants.  (I might guess NAQP and ARRL DX -- with simpler exchanges, at 
> least for North American stations -- might have a higher proportion.  Sweepstakes -- with the complex exchange -- is probably pretty close to the 
> other end of the spectrum.  But it's probably easier to talk someone through the SS exchange than it would be to talk them through figuring their 
> 6-character grid.)
> 
> I don't think you're going to find it practical to get someone to use the above site -- or any of the others suggested -- to figure their 
> six-character grid *during* the contest.  (casual participants don't know the contest is coming up -- they're not going to be looking up their grid 
> *before* the contest)
> 
> 'Course, I could be wrong.  The Stew Perry sure has worked out well...
> 
> -- 
> 
> Doug Smith W9WI
> Pleasant View, TN  EM66
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