andrew wrote:
>
> >Jan.E.Holm@telia.se wrote:
> >
> >> One question: Why should the point structure be different in the
> >> North American continent compared to the rest of the world if
> >> this is supposed to be a WW contest (also CQWW) ???
>
> Hi all,
>
> As a former EU SOABHP CW winner in this contest (at GI0KOW) I've been
> watching this with great interest and have finally been forced to write
> something.
>
> Why is everybody so hung up on the 'country' thing? Surely this is a
> PREFIX contest. Forget about countries, make the rules simple.
>
> For the record, I am against zero point QSOs.
>
> 10/15/20M = 1pt for own continent, 3pts for outside own continent.
> 40/80/160M = 2pts for own continent, 6pts for outside own continent.
> Total of points X number of prefixes worked = final score.
> This is just like the present scoring system for non-USA stations.
> BTW, own continent includes own country.
>
> This makes it that everybody is operating under the same set of rules.
> To me, that makes it a much leveller playing field.
Sounds good to me. But I think we should level the playing surface a
little more. As I remember, Europe has 67 countries, plus a couple of
the new ones. Africa is probably 500 or so miles from the most
northern.
( just a guess ) And no more than a 1000 miles from deep Asia.
Now, let's overlay a map of the area of the US over this area. Just
for kicks, we'll leave out KL7 and KH6. Now adjust the playing field
accordingly. Hell, Texas alone is probably large enough to overlay
most
of Europe. Which also brings up the point that Europe, by definition,
is not a continent, but part of Asia. ( a continent must be seperated
by
oceans )
As I remember as a kid of about 6, on a train ride across Texas, an
old
black conductor came through for two days exclaiming: " The sun is
rise, the sun is set, and here we are in Texas yet."
Before you talk to me about equality, let's consider that one State
and
divide it into as many countries as it will cover.
73
Ed
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