[CQ-Contest] CQWW Committee Restructured

[john at kk9a.com]

This sounds very similar to the current CQWW RTTY rules shown below: There
is an incentive to work DX but making local stateside QSOs is still
worthwhile. CQWW RTTY is a fun contest.

B. QSO Points: Stations may be contacted once on each band. QSO points are
based on the location of the station worked.

1. Contacts between stations on different continents count three (3) points.

2. Contacts between stations on the same continent but in different
countries count two (2) points.

3. Contacts between stations in the same country count one (1) point.

C. Multipliers: There are three types of multipliers.

1. Zone: A multiplier of one (1) for each different CQ zone contacted on
each band. The CQ Worked All Zones rules are the standard.

2. Country: A multiplier of one (1) for each different country contacted on
each band. The DXCC entity list, Worked All Europe (WAE) multiplier list
plus IG9/IH9, and continental boundaries are standards for defining country
multipliers. Maritime mobile stations count only for a zone multiplier.

3. W/VE QTH: A multiplier of one (1) for each continental US state (48) and
each Canadian call area (14) contacted on each band. Please use only
official U.S. Postal Service abbreviations to identify states (e.g.,
Michigan = MI, Massachusetts = MA, Ohio = OH). Note: The District of
Columbia counts as Maryland (MD). Alaska (KL7) and Hawaii (KH6) are counted
as country multipliers only and not as state multipliers. Canadian call
areas (14 total) are as follows: NB (VE1, 9), NS (VE1), QC (VE2), ON (VE3),
MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7), NWT (VE8), NF (VO1), LB (VO2), NU
(VY0), YT (VY1), PEI (VY2).

73,
John KK9A - W4AAA

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Subject:	Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW Committee Restructured
From:	VE2TZT <ve2tzt at arrl.net>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:28:25 -0400
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I do not make those suggestions for myself but to answer to the Randy's
question :

"what do you suggest would make CQ WW more interesting for those not
bordering the 
Atlantic Ocean?"

So in addition to 1 point per QSO, making the US states, VE provinces and JA

call areas some new multipliers would provide multipliers for NA in the same

way that European have already multipliers inside Europe and at the their
East.
That would also provide more multipliers for Asian.

The benefits for us in VE2 should be more traffic especially during the
second 
half of the night when all the bands are closed to Europe. Currently there
is 
very few traffic from central USA and West coast during that part of the
night 
and I think this is related to the poor interest for those stations to stay 
awaken related to the 0 pointers and 0 multipliers inside USA.

Gilles VA2EW