The current scoring system penalizes US stations. VEs work the endless number of US stations for 5 points while US to US, whether it is CA to CA or CA to VT, only get 2 points. Eu to Eu is usually 5 points unless you are a DL working all the other DLs. Here in MA I averaged around 3 to 3.5 points per Q. Examining most Eu scores and you will find they are closer to 5 and usually higher. I can't see any US station winning a world title (or even NA) in this contest.
On Sun, Jan 26, 2025, 16:09 Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/26/2025 12:15 PM, Roger Kennedy wrote: > > Still, I did manage to work everyone I could hear, a total 0f 42 NA > > stations. Best DX was Missouri - didn't hear anyone further west. (didn't > > bother calling CQ, as I didn't want to be plagued by EU stations!) > > Roger, > > I'm disappointed by this attitude, because I find it discourages > contesters with smaller stations, which results in their giving up, > which gives everyone fewer stations to work. With a good station and > high power in Northern California, my multiplier possibilities are US/VE > states and provinces, the Caribbean, South America, Oceania, and Asia. > With a pretty serious operation, I worked 50 state/provinces and 9 DX. I > might have picked up a 4-5 DX mults if I was an early riser to work AS/OC. > > Those US/VE states/provinces are the direct equivalent of the UK working > Europe -- the east coast is 2,500-2,800 miles from here. I missed VT and > WV because the stations there didn't want to be bothered with NA > stations, using directional antennas that favor EU and reject most of > NA. And when the path to EU died, they went to bed, rather than listen > for the rest of NA. > > For contests to be successful, there must be a lot of stations to work. > With an exchange as simple as this contest, how can it be a burden to > work local stations? If nothing else, it builds operating skills to > work more stations more quickly! Often, I'll spend time in a contest > just to give others another station to work. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
