And we call it the "Nova Zeelandia" contest :-)
2013/5/29 Mark <markzl3ab@gmail.com>
> The Real Contesters are pleased to announce a new worldwide CW and SSB DX
> contest to be held on the nearest weekend to April 1 with many new
> innovations which we are sure will not only excite the contesting community
> but will bring a level of competition not seen before.
>
> We have noticed much angst and anguish about the length of contests. As
> such and although the contest will go for forty eight hours, you can create
> your own operating period category to the nearest minute and enter that.
> Yes we understand this could mean 2880 potential categories and very few
> entrants in each, but we acknowledge you should not have to spend forty
> eight hours in the chair to win anything and its not like many people
> operate the full forty eight hours anyway. Furthermore you will not have
> to choose an operating period equal to the total time you operated but
> instead you can cherry pick out of your log the periods you did best in.
>
> Recognition is also well overdue for those who run more than 1500w in a
> contest. Therefore we have introduced several new power categories, 1.5KW
> to 5KW, 5KW to 10KW and over 10KW. Yes we know that these power levels will
> breach most national regulations but that does not appear to be a deterrent
> to some so it is only fair these stations can compare themselves against
> those running similar power, while leaving the old High Power category to
> those running less than 1500W.
>
> We understand contesting is all about EU and NA and everybody else is
> simply there to make up the numbers. Therefore we are introducing a
> scoring regime that will reflect this. QSOs between stations in EU and NA
> and between stations in each of those continents will be worth five points
> each and QSOs by them with other continents and by stations in those
> continents themselves will be worth one point. After all we recognise that
> it is too much of a hassle for many EU and NA stations to turn their beams
> or learn about propagation to other parts of the world so any contest worth
> its salt should be measured on the prowess of EU and NA in working stations
> on their own continent and each other. It should go without saying but
> only EU and NA stations will count as multipliers.
>
> Speaking of NA we know that EU propagation is not uniform across North
> America and it is simply not feasible for everyone to move to New England
> as some seem to like to suggest. Frankly however tough luck. Contest
> rules are not about fairness or giving a sucker an even break and contests
> are far more interesting when only the chosen few can win.
>
> In a similar vein we will also make sure Hawaii stays in Oceania even
> though it has about as much in common geographically and propagation wise
> with the entities in CQ zones 29,30 and 32, as they do with entities in
> zone 15.
>
> We also understand that band plans and band edges are solely there as a
> guide only. As such we are also going to double the points for QSOs where
> one party is operating outside their applicable band plan or out of band.
> We are also going to award double points to people who transmit on
> 14300kHz and on the PSK, JT65, RTTY and SSTV frequencies as well as for
> those who simply transmit over the top of other amateurs having non-contest
> qsos. Contesters are well known for such abilities and it is only fair
> these abilities are recognised. In any case as everybody knows
> non-contesters should all be on the WARC bands during contest weekends
> anyway.
>
> We are also going to introduce Skype qsos. With the proliferation of
> electronic aids in identifying and working stations which is taking away
> the need for anyone to improve their listening skills, we feel it is only a
> small step to complete the QSO online. Accordingly we will establish a
> special group chat session using Skype where all stations can log in and
> work each other there instead of having to go to the bother of working them
> on the air. We expect this to be extremely popular as all stations will be
> presented on a plate with no pile ups to deal with and the issue of
> propagation will be entirely removed from the equation.
>
> Finally we want to recognise the station with the worst SSB and CW signals
> as voted on by their peers. So if you hear a particularly bad signal then
> assuming you can actually make out the callsign, put it in your soapbox
> comments with the band, date and time you heard it when submitting your
> score. We will publish a leaderboard of callsigns submitted and the SSB
> and CW stations with the most votes will each receive a special plaque
> commemorating their quality of signal.
> We feel sure this contest will be welcomed with open arms by the contesting
> community and we look forward to receiving many entries.
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