[PaQSO] More Points for CW

[BlairBates@aol.com]

Every contest has rules.  In this one (PAQP) CW is 1.5 or 2 points, QRP is a 
x2 mult.  So to maximize one's score, working QRP, with lots of CW QSO's is 
the way to go--MAYBE.  

Can you work more than half as many stations (i.e. per hour), and the same 
number of mults. while running QRP as you can while running medium or high 
power?  If so, then QRP may be the way to go.  If not, higher power will 
produce the higher score.

Same thing with CW.  Can you work > 2/3 (> 1/2 on 80 & 160) as many stations 
on CW than you would on phone?  If not, then staying on phone may produce the 
higher score--for you.

It's strategy, guys & gals.  YOU have to decide what power level and mode may 
produce the best score for YOUR skills and YOUR station.

Make the right choices and you set a new record; make the wrong choices and 
it's, "Wait till next year!"

So, if NARC changes the rules, or the point allocations, we'll study the 
rules and re-allocate our efforts.  The disadvantage is that all the old 
records won't be comparable to the new scores.

My father-in-law had an expression, "If it's not too broke, don't fix it."  
Well, I don't see the the rules as "too broke."  So, I cast my vote for NOT 
fixing them.

k3yd