[CQ-Contest] Additional Penalty

[kr2q at optimum.net]

Additional penalties may serve to encourage accuracy over guessing.

Additional penalties alter the risk-to-benefit ratio for not getting it right (call, exchange).

If there were no penalties, the potential benefit of a guess (call or exchange or both) outweighs
the possible loss (1).  If you got it wrong, as you say, you are back to square one.  Contest
sponsors don't want guessing...they want skill as demonstrated, at least partially, through
accuracy.  Penalties help to sway entrants to "do the right thing."

Just my two pfennigs.

de Doug KR2Q

(1): assumes you are a good guesser