If I'm not wrong, a certain mistakes percentage doesn't bring any
more to any disqualification, in CQWW. It was before the accurate log
checking that the 3% rule existed and could mean that.
Anyway, if a strict WWDX log cheching (started in 93 I think it was)
brought to abolish the 3% errors as the (possible) disqualification
edge in favour of symple score penaltyes, the WWDX records before
93 are then non homogeneous in "size" with the current ones because
they weren't so much penalty affected like it's now.
Very strange that noone noticed it yet !
A hugely reducted log is the result of quite a lot of original
mistakes, and in my eyes that looks very much doubtfully qualifying a
top operator.
Over a certain reduction limit, 30 % for istance, a log might
become a check log (instead of beeing awarded) or at least the
penalty should be progressively applied (not linearly like it's now)
becoming exponentially heavier as much as the mistakes increase.
This could be much more satisfactory than the CQWW SSB honor roll
list, a very good idea anyway, published in last September CQ-CONTEST.
Vy 73,
Mauri I4JMY (one of IR4T)
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