the advatage if there is one is that they can wk or look for some of the
rarer sections on the low bands ......w7gg
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Taylor <ve4xt@mb.sympatico.ca>
To: cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>; Mike Gilmer, N2MG
<n2mg@eham.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL sections
>There is no east coast advantage in SS. Look at rate charts. The big east
>coasters will put up huge numbers on Saturday yet often finish far behind
>the pack.
>
>A theory I've heard is that they work the crap out of 80/75 but their rates
>suffer on Sunday when all that's left are multihop paths that are less
>productive. They basically run the eastern seaboard dry on Saturday and
pick
>up the scraps on Sunday. No flames, please, it's just a theory I've heard.
>
>Aside from the time-tested advantages of WP3R at Arecibo, in my view there
>is only one place in North America that has significant advantages over
>others: Saskatchewan.
>
>Manitoba is a close second. Why? We have optimum hops into the heart of
>American amateurdom. We can work into the Indiana-NY belt like nobody's
>business. And from Virginia to the Carolinas and the Gulf states, we
>generally (or so we're told) are LOUD. Then we can run W6s like stink. And
>when we need to, we can go into the Tech band on 10 and run Gulf Coast
>Techs. From here, none of the sections are particularly "hard" to work, as
>long as someone is there.
>
>And of course the VE4 or VE5 prefix is good for several dBs. It's not quite
>the gain that VY1JA gets from his prefix, but we're not as severely
affected
>by aurora like Jay is either.
>
>Hops into Saskatchewan fall a little more optimally than in Manitoba, which
>is why I rate VE5 higher.
>
>But Shhh! Don't tell anybody, please.
>73, kelly
>ve4xt
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Gilmer, N2MG" <n2mg@eham.net>
>To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 10:52 AM
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL sections
>
>
>> > i agree ... i think it boils down to has the most pull
>> > at the league plus most of the new sections both canada
>> > anf the us continue to improve the easter stations advantage
>> > in my opinion
>>
>>
>> Funny, I've never seen "east coast advantage" and "sections" (IOW,
>> Sweepstakes) used in the same sentence. I'll have to look that one
>> up...
>>
>> Mike N2MG
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