[CQ-Contest] Level Playing Field and Geography

[Steve London]

On 05/25/2015 01:24 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

> That map is powerful support for my thesis that the current scoring
> rules are bad for contesting, because they discourage participation by
> anyone outside the Atlantic Basin. Look at W6 as compared to the East
> Coast. California is 12% of the US population. I'd bet that fewer than
> 1% of US entries in CQWW are from W6.

Instead of betting, why don't we just look at the searchable database ?

2014 CQWW CW: W6 9% of USA entries
2014 CQWW Phone: W6 9% of USA entries

You lose your bet !

73,
Steve, N2IC