[CQ-Contest] Its not the Sunspots folks

[Mike Ritz]

I agree with the assessment. I did a run on 160M Saturday night and ended working a BUNCH of guys that needed my zone mult, but I got nothing in return. Forty-three contacts on that band, and probably four of them got me any points. The other guys got points for the new mult. 

73; 
Mike 
W7VO 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Dave Edmonds" <dave at pkministrywebs.com> 
To: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu at w0mu.com> 
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com 
Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 1:08:59 PM 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Its not the Sunspots folks 

One more reason for the 1 point USA rule... 
I was working the contest as time permitted and on Saturday evening, I 
noticed that I didn't have a zone 5 contact. I heard heard a zone 5 station 
calling CQ... I knew that I needed to work him for zone 5, but he didn't 
need to work me... and probably would have rather worked a dx station... I 
worked him and thanked him for the new zone. 

1 point in-country rule would have encouraged more on-air activity too. 

Thanks for bringing up this topic Jeff.... 

73s Dave WN4AFP 



On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:30 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote: 

> Agreed. There were plenty of zero pointers to work, who sat and called cq 
> endlessly. Why does the USA always get "punished"? There are lots more 
> hams in EU now then ever. The scores show that it was a pretty good 
> contest over there. 
> 
> W0MU 
> 
> 
> On 10/31/2016 4:10 PM, Jeff Clarke wrote: 
> 
>> 
>> After the terrible conditions in CQWW DX SSB this weekend allowing 
>> USA-USA QSO's for 1 point looks to be an attractive option. Why is it this 
>> is allowed for EU stations and VE's working the USA making it basically a 
>> domestic like contest for them? Plus it's the same for those stations in 
>> North Africa. (CN/CT islands/EA islands) It at least makes the contest fun 
>> and interesting for them while the rest of us suffer thru bad propagation. 
>> Of course the contesting purists out there will veto this idea in a 
>> millisecond. :) 
>> 
>> The saving grace for me is I will be in PJ4 for CQWW DX CW and look 
>> forward to having you as a captive audience ! 
>> 
>> Jeff / KU8E 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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