[CQ-Contest] a little more fairness?

[Alan Leith]

Sorry, Charlie.  As a little pistol who seldom makes it through the pileups
to SE Asia during contests, I couldn't disagree more.  The operators who
know enough to swing their beams to the area should be rewarded with the
same points as everyone else in the test.   The point system is the point
system.  No reason in the world to make it different for certain areas.  It
is easier for me to work Europe than the west coast of North America but I
get zero points for Canadians 4000 km away and only 2 points for US and the
rest of North America.  Now that, to me, is unfair.  But I live with it.

73

Al, VE1AL




-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Charles Harpole
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 7:35 AM
To: Contest Internet
Subject: [CQ-Contest] a little more fairness?


A modest proposal....  Could the contesting community consider cutting some
slack to a neglected part of the contesting world, specifically CQ Zones
22, 26, 27 and 28, South Asia area.  I suggest doubling the point count for
working stations in this area from outside the zones.
 
The reason is that (1) most beams are from NA to EU or the reverse or are
on JA (these headings are a long way from S. Asia usually), (2) many very
high power stations clustered in EU tend to drown out S. Asia to all in EU,
(3) the start time of 0000Z gives very poor first hours to S. Asia stations
due to prop at those hours, and (5) there are just not as many one-hop
stations to work within these and near-by zones and (5) not many stations
in S. Asia do contests partly due to what is listed here.
 
The playing field is just not flat, not nearly, and looks more like a
mountain between S. Asia and the large collections of contesters in EU and
NA.  So, I ask this be considered because it will also liven up contests
and add more challenges.  I will certainly encourage S. Asia stations to
participate more and longer.
 
73, Thanks, HS0ZCW

Charles Harpole 
 
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