[CQ-Contest] 2pt rule

[Radio K0HB]

DARC puts on a party which favors DL/EU, JARL puts on a party which favors JA/AS, SRR puts on a party which favors UA, and it follows that ARRL or CQ will put on a party which favors W/NA.  Funny how that works!




73, de Hans, K0HB

On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Charles Harpole <hs0zcw at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is very telling that, until an American ham like me and lately Bob
> (N6BK+HS), move to South East Asia that we realize just how much ARRL and
> many CQ contests are skewed to serve the good ole USA/NA hams.  Being in
> SEA has shown me that many of these skewed contests are really more like
> WAE or other localized contests, these favor USA/NA.
> In earlier msg here, I pointed this out in detail, but interestingly not
> one of five responders got the skewing but instead invited me to move back
> to USA.  I tried to explain why hams outside USA are not wildly
> enthusiastic about getting on to help USA hams have a higher score.  But,
> these are not "our" contests out here in the rest of the world.  When the
> 295,000 licensed hams in Thailand upgrade to HF privileges, we will be the
> "second JAs"  and the world may tilt a little more fairly.  Big smile and
> no kidding.
> 73, Charly HS0ZCW
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Bob Kupps <n6bk at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>>>Bob:  I think the history of this is that it was done to encourage
>> expeditions for the contests to North American island countries in the
>> Caribbean.  It did that and their being there made those
>> multipliers available to everyone.  It would be hard to change the rule
>> now that so many people have so heavily invested in stations in the
>> North American
>> Caribbean.  Welcome back to contesting.  Maybe we worked this weekend
>> from PJ4A (a Caribbean  multiplier in  South America).  If not, hope to
>> work you again soon while we have good conditions to your part of the
>> world.  Keep up the good work.  73, John, K4BAI.
>> Well John I just can't believe that all those Caribbean stations would
>> take down their towers and go home should they be required to play by the
>> same rules as everyone else. If I were competing in NA I certainly wouldn't
>> care to look at my score in the rankings knowing it was handicapped.  73 bob
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> -- 
> Charly, HS0ZCW
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