[CQ-Contest] Low Power Change to ARRL Contests

[Jim Brown]

On 12/22/2021 1:00 PM, w1rm at comcast.net wrote:
> I would offer that all low power records be cast in stone and a completely
> new set be created.  As you point out, the 50 watt difference is huge and
> not just on the low bands!

Ah, the allusion to the importance of records, the eternal enemy of 
needed change to contesting scoring rules by those to whom those rules 
give massive advantages. Monumental changes in radio conditions, the 
many crutches that technology provides to make those records easily 
broken, make most records meaningless! BTW -- 1.75 dB is significant, 
but to call it "huge" is a bit overboard! Huge is the 25 dB difference 
between 5W and 1,500W.

73, Jim K9YC