As far as "leveling the playing field goes": �it will never happen. �CQ tried that by having 2 and 3 point countries and it doesn't work. �Same with IARU and WPX. �No matter the scoring, someone will always have a geographic advantage. �Changing the scoring may change *who* has the advantage, or it may change the size of the advantage, but the field can never be level. �The closest we can come is WARC with "spec" stations. �