[CQ-Contest] CQWW Madness

[Jeff Stai]

I'm not suggesting changing anything, I'm just suggesting that if you want
a model of a contest similar to CQWW CW/SSB that includes points for
in-country contacts and expanded multipliers, the CQWW RTTY is arguably a
good example. You could take a look at the geographic distribution of top
finishers, for example. Stuff like that. Maybe this information will be
useful for designing a new contest, or something.

I think all 3 CQWW contests are just fine the way they are. If someone
wants to create a new world wide contest with different rules, that could
be fun.

73 jeff wk6i

On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Ed Muns <ed at w0yk.com> wrote:

> 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
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> 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.)
>
>


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