Well, Derek, I believe that you hit the nail on the head. Indeed,
set Trey down nearly anywhere and he has a good chance of winning,
unless he is running 5 watts and a wet string for an antenna. The
whole idea here, I think, is to set things up so that the skill of
the operator is the predominent factor in determining the winner
of the contest. The kind and amount of hardware, geographical
location, and perhaps some other factor that I cannot think of
right now, should be, theoretically, irrelevant. Precisely how to
do this is the question. That was what was done, more or less, at
the WRTC in Seattle two years ago. The team with the most skill
won the contest in that case. The hardware and the geographic
location was generally equal for each team.
Alan, K6XO
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