[CQ-Contest] CQWW

[John Geiger]

Some stations, like those in the US, can get the zone multipliers by
working other countries.  I can get zones 3, 4 and 5 by working Canada.  I
don't have to work a station in my country to get them, so if we eliminated
same country QSOs, I would lose 1 mult-the US country multiplier.

However, some other amateurs wouldn't be so fortunate.  If I am in Asiatic
Russia and in Zone 17, and I cannot work other stations in my country,
there is no way for me to get zones 18 and 19 as multipliers.  That rule
then costs me 3 multipliers per band-1 country multiplier and 2 zone
multipliers.

73 John AF5CC

On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Ria Jairam <rjairam at gmail.com> wrote:

> If that is the case then we shouldn't be able to contact US stations
> for the country and zone mult.
>
> I find this to be an anomaly for two reasons:
>
> 1. You try to contact US stations to get the zone and country mult and
> some of them get angry that you're taking away precious op time from
> them.
>
> 2. You're running a pileup and a bunch of US stations are calling you
> trying for the country and zone mult and some out of plain ignorance,
> they hear a contest is on and then work everyone they can hear. The
> former is no big deal. The latter is a problem because you don't know
> if to ignore them.
>
> The same country zone and country mult should either be eliminated OR
> credit for stateside QSOs would be welcome. The former will have the
> least impact in terms of scores. The latter would bring a shift and
> would likely make some stations more competitive (I can see the
> central states benefitting more).
>
> The game has and can always evolve. Strategy will have to change too,
> nothing wrong with that.
>
> 73
> Ria, N2RJ
>
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 8:22 PM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Its actually called the CQ World Wide DX Contest.  The reason that
> domestic
> > contacts do not count for points should be quite clear based on the
> actual
> > name of the contest.
> >
> >
> >
> > I believe the rules were amended for the RTTY contest because there was
> > initially so little participation that it needed an enhancement to be
> > viable.  If its now become much more popular, the CQ WW DX RTTY should
> > actually consider adopting the traditional rules.
> >
> >
> >
> > Find a contest that suits your style and location and enjoy.
> >
> >
> >
> > 73
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed  N1UR
> >
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