[PaQSO] CW: In-State versus Out-of-State

[Bill@ng3k.com]

On 16 Jul 2002 at 11:45, Bill@ng3k.com wrote:

> To change the subject slightly, this represents what?  About 
> 160 potential multipliers for PA stations?  I was very 
> surprised last year to see my "Out-of-State CW only" result 
> scored in competition with those of "PA CW only" stations. It 
> seems a tad unfair to have out-of-staters, who have fewer 
> than half the possible multipliers to work with, compete in 
> the same pool with PAers.  Seems to me as though the Out-
> of-State CW high scorer ought to get a certificate.

In an off-list response, Blair, K3YD, asked if I had brought 
this to the attention of the Contest Committee.  I did ask 
them about it at the time the results were issued.  The 
response I received indicated that out-of-state CW entries 
were indeed scored with in-state entries.  Blair also 
cautioned about not flooding the Committee with a lot of 
complaints.  I am definitely sensitive to this.  Volunteer 
operations are tenuous things, usually over-worked and 
under-appreciated.  But, for future contests I think it makes 
a good deal of sense to score in-state and out-of-state CW 
entries separately.  If you don't, there's precious little 
incentive for an out-of-stater to enter in the CW category.  
Your chances of winning are close to nil.

73,

Bill/NG3K