I never enter these contests to win. Single-Op QRP Portable is a category
that often has very few entrants, so I do accidentally place fairly high in
the scorings once in a while. But I do it mostly to have fun. No matter
what the scoring is.
I would want to make microwave QSO's no matter what the scoring for them
was. In fact, in the 10 GHz contest one year I took all bands between 2304
and 10368 just for fun. We tried 5760 across Lake Michigan and found it
very similar to 10 GHz. But those QSO's counted for nothing in the contest.
They were just fun experiments.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Ken Kent - KA2LIM <ka2lim@stny.rr.com>
wrote:
> I am going to break my rule of not commenting and comment.
>
> I am really tired of hearing all the whining about "it's not fair", " the
> NE
> has a big advantage", "the playing field needs to be leveled", "the rules
> need to be changed" blah, blah, blah. Bullshit!
> If you don't like the rules of current contests, then start one of your own
> and write the rules to suit you. (and be ready for all the complaining)
> If you are participating in a contest to "WIN", then you are obviously in
> it for the wrong reason, you should pursue other interests.
>
> Personally I have been building a contest station for 13 years. Constantly
> up-grading and adding more bands. No, I don't have lots of money, do a
> little bit at a time. Building a station that is easy for others to operate
> just happens to be "my thing", operating is secondary to me. Winning is
> really not on the list. We do what we can do.
>
> Where you live is what you have to work with. If you don't like where you
> are located and "winning" is so important then move.
>
> on the should be list:
> #1 "HAVE FUN"
> #2 Make every effort possible to make the contact, no matter how long it
> takes
> #3 your score is what it is
> #4 HAVE FUN
> #5 see rule #1 and #4
>
> Flame away.....
>
> Ken
> KA2LIM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VHFcontesting [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf
> Of Les Rayburn
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 12:35 PM
> To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Leveling the Playing Field- [ REGIONAL VS.
> NATIONAL
> ]
>
>
> I have to agree that it would be difficult or impossible to change the
> rules
> of a VHF Contest to level the playing field. There are simply too many
> regional factors that influence the outcome that cannot be overcome with
> scoring variations. Terrain, population density, varying activity levels,
> and propagation.
>
> Many of us benefit from e-skip propagation that is common during the Summer
> events, others from a large population of VHF amateurs in their area, etc.
>
> The closest parallel in HF contesting is probably 160 Meters, where
> attempts
> have been made to address the problems with distance scoring.
> Even that has met with only mixed success, and the problems on VHF, while
> similar, are much more pronounced.
>
> I think the solution is simple.
>
> Eliminate a national winner or winners, and make all VHF & UHF contests
> regional events. Each call district would have it's own champion in each
> category.
>
> This would basically just recognize what we already know to be fact.
> Some areas of the country have a much better opportunity for success
> regardless of operator skill, station, or strategy.
>
> We might also be able to then eliminate some categories, and simply the
> whole process. Stations could concentrate on winning their call sign
> division, where the playing field is much closer to level. It still won't
> be
> perfect, region 2 for example, would greatly favor stations in the Northern
> side of the region, but it would be much closer to perfection than what we
> have now.
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
>
> --
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
> EM63nf
>
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>
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