[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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