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

[Aldewey at aol.com]

Distance based scoring is something that was looked at in detail for ARRL  
DX contest a couple years ago.  While it had it's advocates, there were a  
couple main concerns that caused us to set it aside for now.  The first was  
that, depending on propagation, the distance of a Contest QSO, does not 
always  equate to the effort needed to make that Q.  In many cases, on 10 and 15 
 meters for example, it is easier for someone Florida (for example) to make 
a  contact with EU than it is the Caribbean.  The CAC actually worked with  
someone who re scored a couple past DX Contests using the Distance Based 
Scoring  and the results did not change all that much.  Scores in the middle 
part of  the U.S. rose and scores on the east coasts went down and the order 
of the top  ten changed a little but not that much. Logging software would 
have to  change of course and we were concerned that there were many 
contesters that  would not be comfortable with Grid Squares (which would give the 
most accurate  results).  Finally, the majority of the contesters we talked to 
were not in  favor or such a change.
 
So, at least for now, the change was not recommended.
 
73,
 
AL, K0AD
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/29/2013 9:53:26 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
xdavid at cis-broadband.com writes:


The  topic of distance-based scoring comes up consistently and many 
contesters  seem to be in favor of it, but somehow it never gains any 
traction beyond  the Stew Perry.  I wonder how many contesters are 
actually AGAINST  distance-based scoring for major contests, and what 
their reasons would  be.

73,
Dave    AB7E