BY FAR THE BEST PROPOSAL YET, IMHO!!! BUT WHAT DO I KNOW??? I'M ONE
WHO OPERATES A ZONE 3, 160 METER ONLY STATION. IT SURE WOULD BE GREAT
TO HAVE POINT COUNTERS FOR THE 75-80% OF Qs WHICH ARE ZERO (0) UNDER THE
CURRENT POINT SYSTEM. I'M JUST 160, ZONE 3 FODDER FOR ALL THE ZONE 4 &
5 STATIONS. 73 DE MILT, N5IA, OP AT N7GP
William N. Goodman, CPA wrote:
>
> I have been reading the many ideas for revising the scoring of CQ contests,
> now make a very simple proposal:
>
> One point for all QSOs in your CQ zone and in your country;
> Two points for all QSOs in a different CQ zone but in your country;
> Two points for all QSOs in a different country but in your CQ zone;
> Four points for all QSOs in a different country and in a different CQ zone.
>
> Now we give an incentive to all stations to log all QSOs. But we keep this
> a DX contest, with a mini sweepstakes benefit. It takes care of the problem
> of stations working nearby stations getting three points when far away
> stations get zero points. It equalizes stations through out the world. It
> should be easy to score, especially with logging programs such as CT, NA,
> and TR. The rare 160 QSO with zone three is worth the effort from my PA
> location in zone 5, because it is 2 points. VE2 which is close to PA is
> worth 2 points so I will continue to work them. VE3 becomes 4 points since
> it is a different country and zone. Europeans will love this since they get
> 2 points working their neighbors, but they get 4 points for working across
> their continent into other zones.
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