[VHFcontesting] distance scoring

[k3dne at comcast.net]

Many of you who have been subscribed to these reflectors for some time know that every year or two distance scoring creates quite a bit of email excitement and robust controversy. This year appears to be no different. 
I have embraced the concept on-line a couple of times in the past decade and I still would love to see at least 1 of the vhf+ contests (not June) use a distance scoring scheme but nothing has happened in spite of all the email traffic generated, letters/emails to ARRL and CQ, response to multiple surveys, etc. For a historical perspective on the subject I would encourage you to obtain a copy of the March 1999 CQ-Contest Magazine article written by W3ZZ; "Distance Scoring: Time to Change the Rules?" and to dig into the reflector archives on the subject for the past 10+ years. I find it amazing that almost exactly 10 years after Gene wrote that article that we are still discussing the concept - and even more surprising that there still isn't a vhf+ contest (other than the 10GHz events) that uses a distance scoring scheme. 
73, 
Ed K3DNE