From: W4SVO
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 1:51 PM
To: ns3t at arrl.net
Subject: ARRL Dx Contest
Hi Jamie, Hope all is well with you. Here is my take on this subject. It gets
kinda of old seeing the same multi stations winning year after year. If ARRL
was to use distance as a system to gives points per QSO, then the playing field
would level out to where the guys farther south, and in the midwest would
actually have a chance in being competitive. Take NR5M, lots of money invested
in big antennas, never going to win though, too far away! NQ4I , very good
contest station, but too far south ! NR4M in Virginia, even they can not crack
the top 3. So this is why some old contest stations are no longer competing,
N4RJ, W4MYA and others. They know they can not compete with the NE Boys, only
K3LR can compete. So this discourages people from operating these contests,
cause they can never win! I read what VY2ZM wrote. He has spent a lot of time
and investment in his station on PEI. He also knows that through the years he
has seen how well VE1ZZ, Jack has done from his location. He also knows that
his location is optimal for working dx contests. He is the closest to Europe!!
This is why ops from Europe go to EA8, CU2, CT3 and northern Africa, because
this is the best location in the world, close to Europe and straight across the
water to USA! I know that by leveling the playing field more people would want
to participate. I hope that the rules will be changed. Now we will be able to
see who the really great operators are, not just the ones closest to Europe.
Mark W4SVO
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