[VHFcontesting] Fw: Re: Picking a Bone With Gene

[John D'Ausilio]

Ahh .. but the context of the discussion is/was the effect on
distance-based scoring, and the relative effort required to achieve a
long distance contact using Es or digital MS vs traditional "listening
for the weak ones" ..he's not talking about "skill-based scoring" :)

de w1rt/john

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Bill W5WVO <w5wvo at cybermesa.net> wrote:

> I don't think WSJT contacts need to be "down-weighted" because they are so easy,
> because they are NOT so easy. And if you also take into account that it can take
> as long as half an hour or more to complete one QSO on MS compared to "run
> rates" of three and four QSOs a minute on SSB during a hot Es opening, the idea
> seems absurd to me that WSJT QSOs need to be "penalized". If anything, they need
> to be weighted higher because of their difficulty.