[CQ-Contest] CQWW Madness

[Ed Muns]

CQ WW RTTY was designed from the beginning with US/VE states/areas as
multipliers to encourage the world to work NA as much as EU.  The "world",
of course, is predominantly EU and NA in terms of participation so these two
population regions are more equal in terms of available multipliers across
distances and bands.

This multiplier configuration is not a temporary crutch to bolster activity.
It's what made sense to the contest's founders and the current director.
Contests don't have to all have the same rules.  Diversity is good.

Ed W0YK
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Tim N3QE wrote:

Most RTTY contests have always allowed in-country QSO's to count for points
to drum up the rates to a level to keep it interesting for the whole
period. If RTTY becomes substantially more popular then maybe in CQWW RTTY
they could put in-country Q's at zero points (I have heard at least one
RTTY contest director wonder out loud if his contest is reaching this
tipping point yet.)