[CQ-Contest] WPX RTTY Rules confusion

Mike McCarthy, W1NR lists at w1nr.net
Sun Feb 15 09:35:07 EST 2009


Richard L. King wrote:
> In the rules for the 2008 WPX RTTY Contest, it says that QSOs between 
> stations in the same country are worth 1 point on 10/15/20 meters and 
> 2 points for 40/80 meters. See 
> http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/36-RTTY_WPX_Rules_Jan08.pdf
> 
> In the rules for the 2009 RTTY Contest, it says that QSOs between 
> stations in the same country are worth 1 point regardless of what 
> band they are on. See http://www.cqwpx.com/rules_2009.pdf
> 
> There is no mention of any rule change this year on the cqwpx website 
> and Writelog and (I was told) N1MM are scoring the logs the old way, 
> allowing 2 points for same country QSOs on 40 and 80 meters.
> 
> Which is correct? Or is the unpublished point change for the RTTY WPX 
> contest a typo?
> 
> 73, Richard - K5NA
> 
It is a typo created when the CW/SSB rules were merged.  Scoring is as
it was last year.

Mike, W1NR



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