[CQ-Contest] CQWW

Jim Brown k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com
Tue Sep 26 22:27:38 EDT 2017


  I strongly agree with Ed Muns. DX contests are quite different when 
worked from W6 as compared to W1. Without the points and mults for NA 
QSOs, most of us out here wouldn't bother, or wouldn't take it seriously.

Which is how many (most?) of us out here feel about most DX contests.

73, Jim K9YC

On 9/26/2017 10:08 AM, Ed Muns wrote:
> Ed N1UR wrote:
> Now that it has "grown up" very nicely to 3000 logs submitted (which is
> actually where the CQ WW SSB or CW results were back in the 90s), it would
> seem that the same country points are no longer necessary.
>
> [Ed W0YK]
> Same rationale.  Europe has far more QSO points (as well as mults) available
> in a comparable geographic area to VE/US.  EU countries are similar in size
> to US states and VE areas.  "Growing up" has nothing to do with it.
>
> All contests don't have to have the same rules.  There is a wide diversity
> of contests for each of us to choose the ones we enjoy.
>
> Ed W0YK
>
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