[CQ-Contest] The 2 point exception - WTF?

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

The CQ WW online score database provides the tools to slice the results by
continent, country, category and year.

http://www.cqww.com/score_db.htm



> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Bob Kupps
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 4:47 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] The 2 point exception - WTF?
> 
> Hi after being off the air for the last 15 years or so I am a noob to the
> ways of modern ham radio, not to mention serious contesting (computer
> logging is still a novelty and I was never able to hook my K3 up to it).
> 
> Anyway after the WW contests I wanted to see how my efforts might stack
> up against the pack so I checked out the write up for last year for the
> box scores for my category and noticed that the world rankings also
> included the NA scores. I really don't know what the rationale for giving
> NA stations twice the points everyone else gets for intra-continental
> QSOs but IMO competitors with different scoring systems should not be
> ranked together, because it cheats both groups out of knowing how they
> would have done had they all been playing by the same rules.
> 
> So I call on the CQ contest committee to either scrap this rule, or if
> there are very valid reasons for it at least rank NA competitors
> separately from the rest of the world.
> 
> Thanks for a fun contest and a Happy Thanksgiving to all those from or
> back in the old country.
> 
> 73 Bob HS0ZIA
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