[CQ-Contest] Towards a critical examination of the 2-point rule in CQWW
Richard F DiDonna NN3W
richnn3w at verizon.net
Thu Nov 28 14:37:56 EST 2013
So how about awarding one point for intra country QSOs involving a
different zone.
73 Rich NN3W
On 11/28/2013 10:37 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> I stopped reading this when you lumped NA and SA to make up for the
> number of EU countries. EU is nearly 4 million sq miles while NA
> alone is nearly 10 million Sq miles.
>
> What happens to the multipliers when you lump in Africa with EU, which
> to me is the same as lumping in SA with NA.
>
> CQ WW will never be scored "fairly" from a geographic standpoint. Why
> do people go to PJ and 9Y land? for 3 pointers plain and simple. If
> there were more 3 point Caribbean islands you would see more of them
> activated.
>
> Some randomly drawn lines created these imbalances.
>
>
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