During solar minimums the difference is made on the low bands and longer winter
nights help the northernmost station on this. I worked 25 hours last WW CW on
40m SB, some guys up there in the high latitudes did way over 40 hours. This is
another factor for the equation.
David
HK1A
EC5KXA
ex-HK1KXA
> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:31:02 -0600
> From: david.kopacz@aspwebhosting.com
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to reevaluate CQWW Scoring Rules?
>
> I believe you may be overlooking that distance is not always a
> disadvantage.
>
> The extra 2000 miles is most likely an advantage on some bands. When
> skip is long, being close is not an advantege, I can asure you of that
> from experience when competing with PJ2T from 6Y1V.
>
> I suspect that the multiplier difference wasn't made solely from
> "closer" European contacts either.
>
> David ~ KY1V
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger G3SXW
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:02 AM
> To: Andrew; cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to reevaluate CQWW Scoring Rules?
>
> Thanks for that Andrew:
>
> > CQWW SSB 2008 results in the Single Op Single Band 80M High Power.....
> >
> > EA8CMX 476,652 1264 27 105 (Op OH2BYS)
> > GI0KOW 414,392 2270 26 110
> >
> > Can anyone really say it is fair that someone with a much larger QSO
> > total (almost 80% more) and higher overall mult total should finish
> > lower in the standings? I think this is the type of unfair result
> David
> > was referring to in the original message in this thread before the
> focus
> > got diverted.
>
> Yes, it is fair because EA8 is 2,000 miles further away from Europe than
> GI. It is called the CQ World-Wide DX Contest so scoring is weighted
> three times higher for DX contacts. I can almost guarantee that the
> whole of GI0KOW's advantage over EA8CMX was in European one-point QSOs.
> Yes, we can all bang on about the scoring rules but it isn't going to
> change. Live with it or chose to do other contests instead.
>
> Most proposals for rule changes are made by the very folks who would
> benefit from those changes. Funny that!
> 73 de Roger/G3SXW.
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