[CQ-Contest] CQWW Madness

[Neal Campbell]

Its one thing to disagree but to throw emotive words like irresponsible is
a bit much isn't it?


Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC



On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
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