[CQ-Contest] CQWW Committee Restructured

[Ed Sawyer]

Randy's note well received for the current rules.  I was mentioning that the change in the rules would be that easy.

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Thompson K5ZD [mailto:k5zd at charter.net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 12:07 PM
To: sawyered at earthlink.net
Cc: 'CQ Contest'
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] CQWW Committee Restructured

CAUTION:  The CQ WW log checking software ignores QSOs with your own call.  I.e., you won't get mult credit for working yourself...

In the old days, people would log a QSO and not know how to delete it.  So they would put their own call in the log to create a zero point (not counting) QSO.

Randy, K5ZD


> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf 
> Of Ed Sawyer
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 1:59 PM
> To: 'Richard King'
> Cc: 'CQ Contest'
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW Committee Restructured
> 
> Relative to Richard’s last point.
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> 
> You can actually just enter your own call as the first Q as you start 
> a band, and it instantly gives you the double mult and zero Q points.  
> Just allow that method and its already in everyone’s software.
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> 
> 
> Then require that all other mults be with Qs outside your country.
> Example: zone 3 has to be a VE for US hams, not a W6 or W7.
> 
> 
> 
> Ed  N1UR
> 
> 
> 
> From: Richard King [mailto:richard.k5na at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 9:27 AM
> To: sawyered at earthlink.net
> Cc: CQ Contest
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW Committee Restructured
> 
> 
> 
> I don't usually speak up in these kinds of discussions. But this was 
> one of the solutions that was tossed about last week when me and some 
> other local guys were talking at lunch about CQWW scoring.
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> 
> Personally, I like this solution the best because:
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> 
> 
> 1. It solves the problem of contestants being required to work zero 
> point QSOs. That just isn't right.
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> 2. It has minimal effect on scoring and previous records.
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> 3. It doesn't change the concept and theme of the CQWW as a 'DX Contest'
> where you only work DX.
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> 
> It may require a little minor 'tweaking' of contest software.
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> 
> 
> 73, Richard - K5NA
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> 
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
> There is a MUCH MORE SIMPLE way to kill half of the objections being 
> made and that come around every year.  Just have a default "own 
> country and zone"
> double mult added for the first Q on each band.  Then eliminate ALL in 
> country Qs.  The zero point Qs vaporize.
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> 
> 
> And I will restate, it's a DX contest, not a everyone works everyone 
> contest.
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> 
> Plenty of other contests are like that.  Please patronize those and 
> enjoy.
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> 
> 
> CQ DX is the best contest because it IS what it is.
> 
> 
> 
> Ed  N1UR
> 
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