[CQ-Contest] CQWW Madness

robert wa1fcn at charter.net
Sat Jul 23 11:55:42 EDT 2016


GM Tim

     I also do a lot of the  CQ WW RTTY event.  I sure hope they never 
change the

     in country qso point value.   I believe it's one reason the contest 
is so popular, especially

         now that the solar cycle is on its way down.     BoB WA1FCN


On 7/22/2016 9:54 PM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> WK6I writes:
>> Again, there is an example model of the changes being discussed: the
>> CQWW RTTY. Go look at the results.
> I do a lot of RTTY contesting. Moving the biggest CW and SSB DX contests
> towards the RTTY model of in-country-QSO's-count-for-points is not a good
> idea.
>
> 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.)
>
> Tim N3QE
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