From Steve's website: I've operated FD QRP with a tribander and low dipoles from a 5,000 ft peak near Monterey, CA. I could hold a run frequency for most of FD on CW, and had rates around 70/hour at
Sorry, somehow the quotation didn't make it. Trying again. The QTH is on a hilltop, with very steep dropoff in all directions except west. bullet Topographic Map <http://terraserver-usa.com/image.asp
That map is powerful support for my thesis that the current scoring rules are bad for contesting, because they discourage participation by anyone outside the Atlantic Basin. Look at W6 as compared t
2014 CQWW CW: W6 9% of USA entries 2014 CQWW Phone: W6 9% of USA entries You lose your bet ! Oh, well. :) How about this one -- total of all W6 scores as a percentage of all US scores? 73, Jim K9YC _
Want to level the field, score a contest on the total miles (or Km) worked... the distance between your station and the contacts. I grin when I think of what that does to NE, to JA, and to EU. 73, Ch
Perhaps all entries should be graded on a curve? /sarc 73, Steve NN4X US scores? _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contest
A concept I've toyed with is for stations within each geographic region are assigned a handicap based on how their scores compare to other scores in the same region. For example, stations in W1 make
This is interesting and is similar to the issue that NQ4I has raised for several years now. Namely, that he is too far south to be competitive in a DX contest where working Europe is a must. FWIW: ev
What about the Sweepstakes contests? I have not read any complaints about the lack of high scores from the Atlantic/East Coast. Top five SO for 2014 CW N9RV 232,898 W7RN (N6TV, op) 224,930 N2IC/5 213
That's because the scoring rules are far less out of whack. Clubs and individual in most areas are actually full competitors in the same contest! There has, for example, been a long-standing rivalry
K1ZZ won SO Unilimited HP Top five SO for 2014 CW N9RV 232,898 W7RN (N6TV, op) 224,930 N2IC/5 213,974 N2NT (N2NC, op) 212,148 NR5M (K5GA, op) 210,156 Top five SO for 2014 SSB W7WA 369,018 N9RV (K5TR,
When I read the e mail from Charlie and the Stew Perry, I sent him the below message, but now since others seem to think possibly the same way, hey what the heck here it is for everyone. Hi Charley,
Distance has very little to do with difficulty. Propagation is all about North and South. People southwest of me have much better propagation to Europe than I do even though I'm "closer". By the same
There already is a zone 3 plaque in CQWW. Perhaps your club could sponsor more such as zone 3 LP and assisted? John KK9A That's because the scoring rules are far less out of whack. Clubs and individu