[CQ-Contest] What Happened on 10 Meters?

[PD2R]

David Kopacz wrote:
> 
> The problem is that Europe, smaller than the US, consists of countries
> and the United States consists of states resulting in one pointers for
> Europeans to work each other and zero pointers for US stations to work
> one another. There is no incentive for US stations to work each other.
> 
> A few simple changes in the scoring change everything. Perhaps it's time
> for change!
> 
> David ~ KY1V
> 

Unless my English is letting me down, I don't think your statements are
correct.
This is what a found in the CQ WW SSB contest rules of 2009:

VI. POINTS:
1. Contacts between stations on different
continents are worth three (3)
points.
2. Contacts between stations on the
same continent but different countries,
one (1) point. Exception: For North
American stations only, contacts between
stations within the North American
boundaries count two (2) points.3. Contacts between stations in the
same country are permitted for zone or
country multiplier credit but have zero
(0) point value.

Europe has a little over 50 countries and the US has (AFAIK) 50 states so
there's not much difference there.

One should know the rules before one starts the contest...:rules: ;-)

By the way, the US is 3.5 million square miles, while Europe is 3.9 million
square miles. :-p

73, Maarten van Rossum
PD2R

Member of the PI4DX contest group

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