Isn't the WRTC an attempt at a level playing field?
If you really want to see a non-level playing field,
look at some of the VHF contest. I am sure the level
of activity is very different in New England than it
is in Southwest Oklahoma, where you can go for hours
at a time without hearing a new station on 2m to work.
I was surprised how different the activity was here
from the upper midwest, when I moved here in 2001 from
Iowa.
I think we need a WRTC for VHF contests, so the 1 land
guys understand what we have to put up with out here.
73s John W5TD
--- PaulKB8N@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/1/2006 8:15:28 A.M. Central
> Standard Time,
> steve.root@culligan4water.com writes:
>
> With the notable exception of K0HB, I can't help
> but notice that those most
> vigorously opposed to any "leveling of the playing
> field" are those who's
> fields need the least leveling.
>
>
>
> As the author of this thread, I politely disagree.
> I lived in Europe two
> years and four years in Asia and operated all the
> major contests, and there is
> no silver bullet magic formula that would equalize
> scores to provide such a
> comparison.
>
> I think the best way to level the playing field is
> to allow enough filtering
> of performance components (location, power,
> antennas, SO2R, etc) that you
> can actually establish some kind of meaningful
> performance comparison against.
>
> What I really learned from living around the world
> is that CQWW really is
> several different contests, depending on where you
> happen to live. (BTW,
> Europe was by far my favorite CQWW location)
>
> How do we "equalize" those contests? Absolutely
> the best way is to
> evaluate all performance factors (noted above) in a
> true apples to apples comparison
> how the scores vary around the world. We can then
> score the results with
> different scoring formulas among equally equipped
> stations to see which is the
> fairest. It will never be perfect, but it may help
> eliminate some of the
> perceived inequalities.
>
> Paul, K5AF
>
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