In a message dated 1/22/04 7:23:27 AM Pacific Standard Time,
ku8e@bellsouth.net writes:
> NAQP favors the West Coast big time !!!! No way I am going make 400-500
> QSO's and 45 mults on both 160 and 80 to counter what you guys do on 15 and
> 10 meters..
Yeah, and every DX contest favors the East Coast big time!!! So let the
left coasters have some fun once in a while. And when someone figures out a
contest that favors the Midwest, let us know :-)
We are also are starting to see 40 go long early now which gives the West
Coast
> even more of an advantage.
>
Unless the East Coast gets smart and shows up on 40 before dark!
> I don't see how the East Coast would gain any advantage because none of
> the
> EU QSO's they make would not be multipliers....
It's not clear that the East Coast would gain a big advantage, since the
high bands typically close down to Europe before, or not long after, the NAQP
begins at 1800z.
73 - Jim K8MR
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