[CQ-Contest] Counting uniques

[Tom Francis]

Randy,

What amazes me is that this same discussion was held almost
20 years ago - almost word for word.  It was a big deal when K1EA
started CT and the unique discussion dominated every DX/Contesting
discussion for at least a year.

Apparently, that is still the case.

Tom, W1TEF/4

On 9/4/2015 9:47 AM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
> 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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