It's unlikely that a sucessfull contest such as CQ WW made a change so radical
to the rules like to become a distance-scoring event when changes of infinitely
less entity creates such a big fuzz and requires the organizers to step back
from them (i.e. recording).
However recognizing that to start a new major event with a distance scoring
algorithm might take years to catch up perhaps a middle ground solution can be
found in the form of an overlay to the existing contest; in the same way than
the CLASSIC or the TB+WIRES or the ROCKY overlays are today.
In other ways a person can compete like any other, providing her score to the
rest like any other under the current set of rules; only that if applying to a
DISTANCE-SCORE overlay her score can be computed based on some distance
algorithm, also to compete against others in the same overlay. Just like any
other overlay.
Rules should minimize the effort from the organizer to compute such things
(i.e. no paper logs accepted on that overlay), the rest is just a well
published known algorithm set by the organizers and few lines of code into
computing the new score.
If the method catch up it might address all the complaints about field
leveling; if not, well, not permanent damage will be done with the attempt; it
will just fade out like the EXTREME category or other experiments in the past.
73 de Pedro LU7HZ
Dr. Pedro E. Colla
Va.Belgrano-Ciudad de Cordoba
Cordoba- Argentina
"Ojo por ojo conduce a que terminemos todos ciegos.". M.Gandhi
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