[CQ-Contest] Counting uniques

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

I think you are overestimating the number of uniques that are worked during a contest.

In CQ WW SSB 2014, your multi-single entry as E2E had 2432 QSOs after log checking.  Of those, 17 were uniques. (0.6%)

In your entry as HS0ZCW in WW SSB 2013, you had 649 QSOs after checking and 4 were uniques. (0.6%)

Obviously, other contests with less activity may have different percentages.  I can tell you that your unique percentages are not unusual.  Any rule that removed uniques for everyone would likely shift all of the scores in a similar amount and would mostly hurt those operators that make more errors.

The CQ WW is a global contest that does pay attention to the opinions from all parts of the world. Changes are often difficult for long time participants to accept.


Randy K5ZD


> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Charles Harpole
> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 9:54 PM
> To: CQ-Contest Reflector
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Counting uniques
> 
> If my contest uniques got taken out, I could lose 1/3 of my contacts and
> assume is true with other DX stations.
> The FACT is that I get unique calls from ops who want to work Thailand
> and then do not work any other contesters.  Also, those who get on
> contest activity to work DX and not contests often do not send in a log,
> either.
> 
> ​American bosses of American contests show little understanding nor care
> for the DX entries.  The effect is more and more DX I talk to just
> consider the contests a way to work increased activity on the bands and
> skip the logging and reporting as beside the point--after all, in the
> American contests, DX exists to service NA and that function gets old
> very quick.
> 73,
> ​Charly, HS0ZCW
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