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

[Martin , LU5DX]

That's a good point.
But if you do the math of calculating All Band scores based on distance you
will be amazed at how equalizing 1 point per mile or kilometer is.

73 de LU5DX


On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:

> 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.
>
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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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