[CQ-Contest] CQWW Madness

[Rudy Bakalov]

This is statement is flat out wrong and misleading, creating the impression that the answer is in the data. This is just wrong and people should stop making such irresponsible statements.

First, the data for the most common proposal- allow US stations to work other US stations- is simply unavailable in the public logs. Current rules give disincentives to work other US stations and the logs do not answer the question what will happen to current scores if US contacts count 1 point.

Second, the current logs do not provide an answer to the question what happens when the rules provide incentives for additional multipliers and points.  If we get extra mults for US states contesters WILL change their behavior to reflect the new incentives.  On the other hand, saying that nothing will change is a pure speculation, contrary to normal human response to specific incentives.

Finally, recalculating public logs without having access to the scoring software is quite the task that discourages most to undertake it.  So please don't propose "go rescore" without publishing the scoring software.

To be clear, I don't suspect any ill intent from those who suggest a rescore.  It's just that given the facts such statements are irresponsible and don't contribute to the debate.

Rudy N2WQ

Sent using a tiny keyboard.  Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect.


> On Jul 22, 2016, at 12:19 PM, Ken Claerbout <k4zw at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> As K9NW correctly stated, there is a ton of CQWW DX log data available.  Use it and make a concrete proposal.  Show us the merits.  Otherwise it's just noise.