[CQ-Contest] Distance-Based Scoring

[K8MR via CQ-Contest]

If one is to do distance weighted, scoring, keep in mind that with computers doing the scoring, there is no need to have integer values for QSO points.


I've suggested over the years that distance weighted scoring should give QSO points in the form of:


Points = 1 + (D/K)


Where D = distance between zones     and   K= a constant, which determines the weighting factor.


Off the top of my head I'd suggest K=5000 Km. So same zone qsos would be worth one point, qsos to the antipodes about 5 points. 


I don't have the programming skills to rescore public logs, nor do I have a big dog in this fight, but I'd invite anybody to give this a try. It would be very easy to diddle with the value of K to see if there is any value that lets ZL or W6 come close to winning. My guess is that there is not: just too many multipliers are too far away from these places to work on the low bands.


73  -  Jim   K8MR



-----Original Message-----
From: XV4Y (Yan) <xv4y at nature-mekong.com>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, May 27, 2015 8:26 pm
Subject: [CQ-Contest]  Distance-Based Scoring


Hi Mark,

I think this is definitely a good idea and it is easy to
implement.
Working 10 AF stations is more difficult (for anyone anywhere in the
world) than working 100 EU or NA.
We could have some points distribution like
that :
- same continent : 1 point
- EU/NA : 2 points
- OC/AS : 4 points
- AF : 6
points

The problem is that is not "balancing" the score for ZL or ZS stations
who would even have less points for working NA/EU stations.
Perhaps different
point distribution tables depending on where from you are could do the
trick.

73,
Yan.
---
Yannick DEVOS -
XV4Y


> Hi Ward
> 
>   Another way
> might
be to increase the points per QSO between various regions.  Whatever
> the
method (and no doubt there are others I haven't thought of) it would
> force
stations to learn about propagation to all parts of the world and be
> mindful
of checking for openings at the most opportune times.  It would
> also add to
the strategy which I think would be fun.
> 
> 73
> Mark
ZL3AB