Suggest you check the contest rules before throwing a contest into this
discussion. A check of the NAQP rules has multipliers as provinces,
states and NA countries outside of US and Canada. The issue of combining
Canadian provinces to create a multiplier in NAQP does not exist. So it
should not be part of this discussion.
Bill
AC0W
Paul,
Exactly right! Sections as multipliers in SS are consistent, but NAQP
and
Sprint multipliers are inconsistent, illogical, and appear based
merely
upon an individual's (or individuals') whims that lack geopolitical
reality
or knowledge with no understanding of incentives.
Being geopolitically consistent and correct -- as are all other
contests
with which I am familiar -- has no downsides.
Take the example of Mexican states, which are multipliers in the 10
meter
contest. Great! I never hear many of them, but I got educated as to
their
political boundaries, any of them that I find helps my score, and
there are
more XE stations in the contest than before. I have the same chance
of
finding them as anyone else in my geographic area. There's no
downside,
whether or not they are active most of the time -- and they present
contest
expedition opportunities for the adventurous.
D.C. is the same -- what a surprise when W1AW/3 showed up in the last
ten
meter contest in addition to KE3X, N8HM, W3HAC, W3DQ & NN3RP -- all in
D.C.
73, Dave K3ZJ
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