[CQ-Contest] CQ WW Scoring System needs revision?

[Joe]

But distance isn't truly measuring the level of difficulty in making the 
QSO either, unless the contest happens only on 160, 80, & 40.

Otherwise making a QSO from here in the Black hole to South America on 
10 meters is a thousand times easier to do, than it is to make a QSO to 
a fellow Black hole person say in I'llinois 200 miles away.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 11/29/2013 5:24 AM, Martin , LU5DX wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I believe that discussing  whether NA or Caribean stations should get 3
> points per QSO instead of two for intra-continent QSOs is okay. But it
> doesn't solve the biggest factor that cause inequity (in terms of scoring)
> among participants the world over and biases the results in terms of
> recognition.
>
> CQ WW is supposed to be a world wide activity and in fact it is in terms of
> participation. But the term world wide is not representative in terns of
> the way the results are tailored.
>
> It certainly is not a competition in those terms.
>
> Participants are not rewarded for their efforts based on the main factor in
> a DX QSO. That is: Distance.
>
> To motivate entrants the world over to make more QSOs, to make them devote
> more time to operating during contest weekends, and more specially to
> encourage them to send in their logs a different approach should be
> analyzed.
>
> Distance based scoring won't be perfect but it certainly will be light
> years closer to perfection than the current scoring system.
>
> DXpeditioners will continue to go on DXpeditions to geographically favored
> locations, simply because they provide a chance to make more Qs, not only
> because of that, but also because of the status of the DX entity.
>
> Even more. It would encourage for example EUs to be more active on 10 m
> during solar minimun to make as many intra-continent Qs as possible.
> It would encourage SA stations also to make as many intra-continents Qs on
> 160 and 80, bands that right now show a very little activity from this part
> of the world.
> And I believe many other examples can be possible.
>
> Messages sent through actions should be very clear and consistent with the
> goal of making this world event more serious, more fun and more rewarding
> and even bigger than it is.
>
> Geographic advantage/disadvantage can easily be reduced to a minimum.
>
> Vy 73.
>
> MM LU5DX.
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