--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Shupienis, Joseph <jshupienis@ccac.edu> wrote:
> Human nature being what it is, most normal people prefer
> to, in street parlance, "Pick on somebody their own
> size."
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I agree, Joe. So...how to properly categorize?
The most influencing parameters of a VHF contest operation are (in no
particular order):
1. ERP (not RF output)
2. Operator-Operating time (man-hours of actual operation, which translates
well into the multi-op category, too)
3. Number of bands activated (in multi-band events that score bands by
"weight"...2m=1pt, 222MHz=2pts, etc.)
If these factors were the basis of categorization, and they were to be broken
by geographic region, we have the makings of a correctly aligned
entry-classification system.
Alas, these concepts are foreign to today's constellation of VHF contests.
Ev, W2EV
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