The problem is that Europe, smaller than the US, consists of countries
and the United States consists of states resulting in one pointers for
Europeans to work each other and zero pointers for US stations to work
one another. There is no incentive for US stations to work each other.
Imagine for a moment, how the contest would be IF each state counted as
a multiplier and one point for everyone.
The entire contest results would shift. That's right, US stations could
compete with European stations and the Caribbean could now compete with
the North African Islands and so on and so on.
A few simple changes in the scoring change everything. Perhaps it's time
for change!
David ~ KY1V
An
Looking at the CQWW SSB 10 meter totals on 3830, I see huge differences
between numbers posted in Europe and those from the USA. For example
DF0HQ
had 676/26/109, vs. 209/14/44 at K3LR.
The 15 meter multiplier numbers were pretty close, with the EU guys
having
more qsos which can be attributed to lots of one pointers within EU,
while
the USA guys would not bother with working each other for zero points.
Was there some sort of very short opening that peaked in the hours the
EU
could have worked people, but petered out before the Western Hemisphere
could take advantage? Multiple hop Es in useful directions? Something
else I'm
missing?
Inquiring minds want to know.
73 - Jim K8MR
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