WPX SURVEY RESULTS
To date, 50 replies have been received, plus 3 prior opinions, on the
three issues presented. The results are as follows:
QSO POINT VALUE
ALL QSO'S EQUAL 4 3.7%
3/2/1 - 3 Intercontinent, 2 diff cty, 1 same
country 40 75.5%
3/2/1/0 - ZERO pts for same country (no change) 7 13.1%
NO PREFERENCE 2 3.7%
TOTAL VOTES 53 100%
DURATION
30 HOURS (ORIGANAL NUMBER) 30 56.6%
36 HOURS (PRESENT NUMBER) 13 24.5%
NO PREFERENCE 10 18.9%
TOTAL VOTES 53 100%
CW WPX DATE
APRIL 35 66.0%
MAY 3 5.7%
NO PREFERENCE 15 28.3%
TOTAL VOTES 53 100%
The overwhelming majority favored all three proposed changes.
Strict DX'ers like the present system of ZERO points for one's own
country. Pure-bred contesters like the idea of having ALL contacts of
equal value, giving participants from large countries equal value for all
contacts. DX participants fear that such a system would allow USA
stations to dominate the contest and make it a domestic USA competition.
The proposed 3-2-1 system found the most favor (75.5% of the vote),
eliminating the inequity of the ZERO point contacts within large
countries while retaining an international bias. Most felt that with
this system, when the bands were open to other continents, it was
prudent to work DX, leaving local contacts for slow times to DX areas.
With a 3 to 1 ratio, 40 intercontinental contacts would provide the same
number of contact points as 120 domestic contacts. This is still a great
incentive to maximize the number of DX contacts.
There was a smaller majority (66%) in favor of returning to the shorter
(30 hour) format versus retaining the present (36 hour) competition
(24.5%) for single operators. Many (18.9%) had no preference.
For the CW WPX Contest, of those who had a preference, the
overwhelming majority (66%) voted to move it to late April versus the
small minority (5.7%) who voted to keep it in May (Memorial Day Holiday
weekend in the USA).
Thanks to all for your participation in this survey. The results will be
sent to N8BJQ and CQ Magazine.
73 de Tom Russell - N4KG
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