[SD-User] V15.51 cqwwssb
Paul O'Kane
pokane at ei5di.com
Tue Nov 1 05:40:34 PDT 2011
On 01/11/2011 12:20, Dave Sergeant wrote:
> I am not sure that is correct Paul.
> On 1 Nov 2011 at 11:59, Paul O'Kane wrote:
>
>> For what it's worth, in CQWW it doesn't matter what
>> zone or RST you enter - so there's no particular need
>> to ever change the defaults suggested by SD. CQ does
>> not check ANYTHING other than callsigns and, since they
>> know (or think they know) what zone applies to every
>> call, they simply score each log accordingly regardless
>> of what zones were sent or logged.
I knew someone would bite :-)
For the 2009 CQWW CW contest, I manually altered all
QSOs in my log as follows. I changed all reports to
569, I submitted my own zone as 15 (instead of 14),
and I subtracted 1 from all zones received.
I lost no points as a result of these changes (4
deliberate errors per QSO). On the other hand,
I lost a few points (described in detail in my UBN
report) for callsign errors.
My log is available for all to see at
http://www.cqww.com/cq-ww-cw-2009.htm - click on
EI5DI
2009 was the second time I did this particular
exercise. To repeat, in CQWW nothing is checked,
or cross-checked, other than callsigns. You gain
a competitive advantage by knowing this and acting
upon it - never worry about anything other than the
callsigns.
73,
Paul EI5DI
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