On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:26:20 -0500, Victor A. Kean, Jr. wrote:
>For the 2010 edition of CQ 160 contest, I propose the following
>changes as followons to the 2009 changes:
>1. Make the exchange 59(9) grid where "grid" is 4 character
>Maidenhead grid square, a-la the Stew Perry test.
Yes.
>2. Make the QSO point scoring proportional to distance. You could
>take the Stew Perry scheme and scale it so that the longest possible
>QSO is 10 (or maybe 12) points.
Yes, but don't scale it -- the Stew Perry scale is quite good!
>3. Keep multipliers to encourage DXpeditions and pile-ups.
Dump multipliers. That's the major element that gives so great an
advantage to those in the most populous areas. Besides -- who likes
pileups -- it turns contests into even more of a nuclear arms race!
Thanks for the suggestion, Victor. Overall, I like it a lot.
73,
Jim K9YC
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