IARU Region 1 HF committee is having an interim meeting in OE land next February. Papers to be discussed can be found at: http://iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=173&func=download&i
And in CQWW contest some stations are located in a different continent accidentally! I love ITU scoring ... it gives some chance to score well without being in a "DX Continent". 73, Timo OH1NOA ____
The IARU scoring is also very unfair to those in North America who are on the wrong side of the zone 8/zone 7 boundary. The population of stations is much greater in zone 8, so stations in zone 7 (as
The proliferation of stations decreased HQ unit value of the multiplier. This has changed the strategy of competition. Who is closer to the places with high density of stations HQ wins. -- 73, Luc __
Plus, especially in Eu, HQ stations park high power CQer machines across the band leaving few "clear" frequencies for little and medium pistols. HQ multiplier = baaad idea. Yuri K3BU.us www.MVmanor.c
What DARC could also be saying is that, it's unfair that G/ON/F/PA/EA stations get 3 points for working a SP/OK/HA/LZ/YO but DL stations only get 1 point ! IMO the zone scoring system is fine, but as
across pistols. Having taken part in a "big gun" Eu HQ station over a number of years now, I can honestly say it's one of the most fun things in radio even when doing a band/mode slot (15 SSB one ye
I was on the Spanish HQ team for a couple of years, both as participant and coordinator. While studying our strategy, it became patently obvious to me that the central EU stations had a huge advantag
HQ / band mult is a bad idea. HQ meaning 12 simultaneous TXs across a country is a bad idea, too. exactly for the same reason you gave. HQ should be 1 station, counted onceas mult and life would be