[CQ-Contest] WPX...how to REALLY change the rules

[VK4TI]

I would think that from your suggestion you have looked at the Oceania DX
contest..

This is a very popular contect in VK and ZL and its rules are prefixs count
on every band eg JA1 160 though ten is 6 mults,,,there is also scaling of
the bands to encourage LF 

so 20 points per QSO on 160, 10 on 80, 5 on 4,0 1 on 20, 2 on 15, 3 on ten
M, it is a fun contest but the scores can get out of hand...





kr2q wrote:
> 
> I'm spending way too much time thinking about this, but here goes.....
> 
> But before I start, I fully acknowledge that having "different" contests
> (how they work) is 
> part of the fun of contesting.  Nobody wants every contest to be "the
> same" as all the others.
> 
> So.....
> 
> Currently, there is a bonus incentive (extra points) to get guys to work
> the low bands.  During
> the sun spot peak, the vast majority of time will be spent on 10/15/20
> (maybe even all)...and
> you can easily win by doing that.  B4, nobody was going to 40/80, so the
> rules changed to 
> "incentivize" such activity.
> 
> It is also well know that WPX is a running contest; with more Q's comes
> more mults.  There is 
> "like no reason" to change bands to work mults when those same mults are
> almost as likely
> to be worked "where you are now" (band).
> 
> PROPOSAL:
> 
> 1.  Remove the "incentive" to work the low band by awarding more points. 
> Equal points for
> each band (pick whatever number you like).
> 
> 2.  Count prefixes as mults PER BAND = Instant incentive to work all
> bands.   And PS, the
> current M/S rule would then make lots of sense.  But I"m not talking just
> M/S, I'm talking 
> all categories.
> 
> Wow...would that be neat?  Scores would sky-rocket, lots (?) more
> activity, still a "running"
> contest, but now with extra emphasis on strategy (initially) and tactics. 
> You can't just sit
> on the "best" band and win; you have to optimize your score, which now
> includes mults on 
> each band, meaning you MUST spend time on each band.
> 
> Yes, I know, I know...this is just the "classic" CQWW contest but using PX
> as the mults.  
> Would that be so bad?  Only if you like variety.  :-)
> 
> Can't wait for the private email from Randy on this one.  LOL
> 
> de Doug KR2Q
> 
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