It is because the interest in contesting is poor in Canada. If someone built a
big station in eastern Canada they would do pretty well. Case in point -
VY2ZM. Also look at VE1JF who has been placing
pretty well after building a competitive station
Jeff
>
> From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
> Date: 2005/04/07 Thu PM 06:43:06 EDT
> To: ku8e@bellsouth.net
> CC: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Canada versus USA
>
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 11:09:22AM -0400, ku8e@bellsouth.net wrote:
>
> > No disrespect to my Canadian contesting friends but why does Canada
> > need to be considered the same as a US state in ARRL sponsored
> > contests....
> > ...You have a "huge" advantage if you could
> > run EU below 14150 and in the clear as compared to fighting for the
> > band edge like the big S/O and M/M US stations do. Don't even get me
> > started on 40 meter phone.
>
> *sigh*
>
> Let's examine this assertion that Canadians have a huge advantage in the
> ARRL International DX Contest, Phone, W/VE competition.
>
> There are thirteen entries categories. In the phone contest, how many
> of the W/VE records for these categories are held by Canadian stations?
> One. (see http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/intldx-rec.html)
>
> Category Area Call Score Year
> ----------------------------------------------------
> SOHP W1 KQ2M 6,586,785 2002
> SOLP W4 K4XS 3,186,945 2001
> SOQP W2 K1ZM 1,917,510 2001
> SOSB/10 W4 W4ZV 981,837 2000
> SOSB/15 W8 K8DX 1,239,540 2000
> SOSB/20 VE6 VE6WQ (@ VE6JY) 933,525 2004
> SOSB/40 W4 K4XS 268,761 2004
> SOSB/80 W3 KQ3V 156,216 1996
> SOSB/160 W1 K1ZM 34,380 1996
> SO/A W1 KI1G 5,790,720 2000
> M/S W1 K5ZD 6,730,380 2000
> M/2 W1 K1AR 11,435,802 2000
> M/M W1 KC1XX 19,610,580 2000
>
> If the Canadians have such a huge advantage over their American
> competition in this contest, wouldn't you expect them to hold all
> the contest records? What about 40 meters? The Canadian record
> for SOSB/40 is only 62,622 points (also from an operation at
> VE6JY, clearly the ideal contest location!) That's only 23% as
> high as the W/VE record, and lower than _any_ U.S. call district
> record.
>
> How often do Canadian stations win any of the 13 entry categories
> in the DX phone contest?
>
> Canadian victories in the ARRL DX Phone Contest
> -----------------------------------------------
> 2004: 2 out of 13 categories
> 2003: 1 out of 13 categories
> 2002: 2 out of 13 categories
> 2001: 0 out of 13 categories
> 2000: 0 out of 13 categories
> 1999: 0 out of 13 categories
> 1998: 1 out of 13 categories
> 1997: 1 out of 13 categories
>
> Basically, Canadians win category victories in the ARRL DX Phone
> contest about as frequently as do stations from the U.S. west coast or
> Texas.
>
> So, why are we complaining? Because one Canadian station has managed
> repeat victories in one entry category?
>
> --
> Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
> kenharker@kenharker.com
> http://www.kenharker.com/
>
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