[CQ-Contest] CQWPX

[Albert Crespo]

Prefixes counting as multipliers per band is a bad idea. Bad enough that the WA6 station across the street counts as the same multiplier as a JT, but what a joke it would be if you could  move this WA6 six times to get six multipliers   Then there is the K6 who lives on the other side of the street. There is a  W6 who lives 500 meters down the road.  It goes on and on.  It was bad enough when contacts with the country counted as points, but to change the present multiplier rule would just make this  event a domestic contest.
It a great idea for USA hams to dominate CQWPX .
What about countries that do not have a huge domestic population that move multipliers around easily? They are totally at a disadvantage.
Rename the contest as USA CQ WPX and have it stand alone and let people have fun. Otherwise, this idea belongs in the bin.
Leave CQWPX alone as it is.





 
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> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:32:40 +0000 (GMT)
> From: kr2q at optimum.net
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] WPX...how to REALLY change the rules
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> 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