Barry wrote:
> Perhaps it should be the other way around. The one point QSOs help
> equalize the inequities of the CQWW CW/SSB tests.
> For example, EU s get 2 pointers for QSOs a stone's throw away in
> another country
No. EU's get 1 point for working other EU. The 2 point rule only applies to
North Americans working other North Americans in a different North American
country.
> and Ws get nothing for QSOs 3000 miles away,
Hey, I'm hurt a lot worse by this than any east-coast USA competitor, and I'm
not complaining.
other than
> a zone multiplier, which we often have to beg to be put in the log.
Beg ? I never have any problem when I ask for a QSO within the USA.
> How does that change it from a world-class event? CQWW RTTY has always
> been the king of the RTTY contests.
It might be a world-class RTTY event, but it's far from a world-class
contesting
event. Kind of like winning the NCAA Division 3 football title.
73,
Steve, N2IC
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