[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX "Leveling, Handicapping, Equalizing"

Hank Greeb n8xx at arrl.org
Sun Jul 3 06:04:07 PDT 2011


 From these data, one can only conclude that the people on the east 
coast are more competent contest operators than us dolts who live in 
other parts of the U.S.A.

It's kinda hard to conclude anything else, particularly since the 
reflector did weird things with the formatting of these data.

73 de n8xx Hg

On 7/1/2011 3:00 PM, w1md at cfl.rr.com wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 10:25:53 -0400
> From:<w1md at cfl.rr.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] ARRL DX "Leveling, Handicapping, Equalizing"
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> So...the data is there...40+ years of it. Seems that it would be a fairly easy and straightforward process to use the results of previous years to come up with a "leveling, handicapping, equalizing" factor that would take into account the vast majority of factors...including Distance, Propagation, and those years where there were 'anomalies' that allowed a station outside of W1-3 and VE1-3 to get into the top ten.
>
> Sorry about the formatting...this is just 9 years of data (2002-2010) for the SOHP category.
>
> 9 out of 90 stations came from areas other than W1-3 or VE1-3 or roughly 10%																						
> IN =3																						
> VA = 2																						
> CO = 1																						
> STX = 1																						
> WCF = 1																						
> NM = 1		
>
>
> 1	K5ZD (W4PA, op)	6,173,244	4,454	462	WMA	1		1	KT1V (NT1N, op)	6,226,974	4,094	507	NH	1		1	K5ZD (W4PA, op)	6,588,960	4,240	518	WMA	1
> 2	K1DG	5,629,746	4,027	466	NH	1		2	KQ2M	5,675,454	4,086	463	CT	1		2	N2NT	6,343,305	4,187	505	NNJ	2
> 3	AA1K	5,172,453	4,019	429	DE	3		3	VY2ZM (K1ZM, op)	5,490,114	3,902	469	MAR			3	K3CR (LZ4AX, op)	5,060,160	3,514	480	WPA	3
> 4	W9RE	5,063,502	3,898	433	IN	9		4	K1TO	5,480,952	4,042	452	WCF	4		4	KT1V	4,946,856	3,782	436	NH	1
> 5	K1ZZ	5,045,175	3,957	425	CT	1		5	K5ZD (W4PA, op)	5,458,815	4,089	445	WMA	1		5	K3ZO	4,640,286	3,298	469	MDC	3
> 6	N2IC	4,902,660	3,891	420	CO	0		6	N2NT	4,914,630	3,766	435	NNJ	2		6	W1WEF	4,569,642	3,234	471	CT	1
> 7	W1WEF	4,854,462	3,686	439	CT	1		7	AA1K	4,461,795	3,419	435	DE	3		7	N2LT	4,361,880	3,260	446	NNJ	2
> 8	K2UA	4,789,530	3,942	405	WNY	2		8	K3ZO	4,357,794	3,347	434	MDC	3		8	WC1M	4,170,264	3,374	412	NH	1
> 9	K5GN	4,628,520	3,588	430	STX	5		9	K2UA	4,212,600	3,304	425	WNY	2		9	KQ2M	4,155,624	3,267	424	CT	1
> 10	K3CR (LZ4AX, op)	4,446,192	3,376	439	WPA	3		10	VY2TT	4,043,034	3,186	423	MAR			10	K1RM	4,120,200	3,052	450	CT	1
> 			2,002								2,003								2,004			
> 																						
> 																						
> 1	VY2ZM (K1ZM, op)	5,382,234	3,978	451	MAR			1	N9RV	4,714,356	3,596	437	IN	9		1	VY2PA	4,863,075	3,925	413	MAR	
> 2	KQ2M	4,806,459	3,633	441	CT	1		2	N2NT	4,635,210	3,670	421	NNJ	2		2	N2NT	4,026,048	3,226	416	NNJ	2
> 3	N2NT	4,660,608	3,664	424	NNJ	2		3	K3CR (LZ4AX, op)	4,462,128	3,443	432	WPA	3		3	K3CR (LZ4AX, op)	3,445,200	2,900	396	WPA	3
> 4	K3CR (LZ4AX, op)	4,366,941	3,331	437	WPA	3		4	AA1K	4,035,045	3,241	415	DE	3		4	AA1K	3,315,510	2,805	394	DE	3
> 5	AA1K	4,190,670	3,366	415	DE	3		5	VE3DZ	3,209,856	2,572	416	ON			5	K1ZZ	3,128,625	2,781	375	CT	1
> 6	K1ZZ	3,850,344	3,027	424	CT	1		6	VY2TT (K6LA, op)	3,198,555	2,755	387	MAR			6	VY2TT	3,042,660	2,669	380	MAR	
> 7	K5ZD	3,782,652	3,121	404	WMA	1		7	W4RX (K0DQ, op)	3,175,326	2,607	406	VA	4		7	VC3O (VE3AT, op)	2,793,168	2,282	408	ON	
> 8	W3GRF (K0DQ, op)	3,764,988	2,946	426	VA	4		8	K3ZO	3,165,855	2,741	385	MDC	3		8	WC1M	2,766,510	2,605	354	NH	1
> 9	N2LT	3,687,420	3,020	407	NNJ	2		9	VC3A (VE3AT, op)	3,107,160	2,520	411	ON			9	VE3DZ	2,653,992	2,234	396	ON	
> 10	WC1M	3,634,536	3,044	398	NH	1		10	K1ZZ	3,103,290	2,523	410	CT	1		10	N2LT	2,642,400	2,400	367	NNJ	2
> 			2,005								2,006								2,007			
> 																						
> 																						
> 1	K1KI	3,593,274	3,103	386	CT	1		1	VY2ZM (K0DQ, op)	4,892,940	4,006	410	MAR			1	VY2ZM	5,549,292	4,656	399	MAR	
> 2	K3CR (LZ4AX, op)	3,557,358	3,137	378	WPA	3		2	NN3W (@ N3HBX)	4,066,260	3,392	404	MDC	3		2	K3CR (LZ4AX, op)	5,514,120	4,362	424	WPA	3
> 3	K1ZM	3,501,762	3,121	374	EMA	1		3	K3CR (LZ4AX, op)	3,868,128	3,186	407	WPA	3		3	VY2TT	5,218,695	4,557	387	MAR	
> 4	N2NT	3,381,240	2,966	380	NNJ	2		4	K5ZD (W1UE, op)	3,717,186	3,361	374	WMA	1		4	K1RX	4,984,317	4,474	377	NH	1
> 5	AA1K	2,985,831	2,757	361	DE	3		5	AA1K	3,637,740	3,235	380	DE	3		5	N2IC	4,757,745	3,796	419	NM	5
> 6	K1ZZ	2,851,785	2,495	381	CT	1		6	K1ZZ	3,634,962	3,150	386	CT	1		6	K1ZZ	4,702,365	3,785	415	CT	1
> 7	VC3E (VE3AT, op)	2,802,618	2,639	354	ON			7	WC1M	3,192,783	3,158	341	NH	1		7	K5ZD	4,586,838	3,972	386	WMA	1
> 8	WC1M	2,515,032	2,687	312	NH	1		8	VY2TT (K6LA, op)	3,092,202	3,026	346	MAR			8	W9RE	4,552,119	3,909	393	IN	9
> 9	N2LT	2,277,330	2,266	335	NNJ	2		9	N2LT	2,933,856	2,692	366	NNJ	2		9	WC1M	4,413,225	4,108	361	NH	1
> 10	K3ZO	2,209,920	2,302	320	MDC	3		10	W1WEF	2,684,079	2,720	331	CT	1		10	VX3AT (VE3AT, op)	4,398,198	3,639	406	ON	
> 			2,008								2,009								2,010			
> 																						
> 																						
> W1MD
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 08:55:51 -0700
> From: w7dra at juno.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Distance scoring
> To: vk4ti at yahoo.com
> Cc: w8ji at w8ji.com, cq-contest at contesting.com
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> a few years ago i worked a European contest and received a 34th place
> certif (SOSB40 LP).
>
> it is displayed proudly in the shack.....
>
> mike w7dra
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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 11:55:09 -0600
> From: "W4ZW at Comcast.net"<w4zw at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] DX Contest Handicap Proposal
> To: "hankkier at aol.com"<hankkier at aol.com>
> Cc: "w2lc at twcny.rr.com"<w2lc at twcny.rr.com>,
> 	"cq-contest at contesting.com"<cq-contest at contesting.com>
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>> Something similar to the rating and slope system for golf courses would fit when viewed from a regional basis.  This would compensate for propagation differences by region.  Maybe a handicap system based on region?  But posting finishes by region in addition to overall, a la SS would work.  I still favor the shorter time flight for those of us who are time restricted (and OOTCers!)
>> As a long time contester with limited time, I have always competed just for the fun of seeing how well I can do in the time I have available. I have operated from all over the US and much of the world and have experienced the wide disparity of propagation that exists and not generally not based on  distance.
> Jon, RA/W4ZW
> Moscow
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