Marshall K5QE wrote:
OK you say, we will just ban EME contacts in such a contest. Well that
certainly files in the face of a distance measured contest. We want
people to work hard to make difficult, long distance contacts--just not
TOO long distance!!
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Not a problem Marshall. As there are plenty of EME-specific tests, simply make
it a terrestrial contest. If the rules for a distance-measured contest
disallow EME from day-one, there should be no complaints. While potential
contest sponsors are at it, maybe they should also consider only allowing
'traditional' meteor scatter modes (CW, SSB). I love operating WSJT but, in my
opinion, it's just too damn easy. A large helping of 1200-1400 mile digital
M/S contacts has the potential to 'hijack' the results of a distance contest
the same way EME does.
Actually, I would say the distance calculation for ANY EME Q is right around
550,000 miles. Plug THAT into your distance based scoring engine !
Jay W9RM
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