I wish to express my 2 cents worth on the subject of leveling the playing field
from a competitor
with limited income and a average staion. I speake as a lifelong contestor of
47 years, with
40 of them from New England. When I lived in New England I had a A4S at 50
feet, and a
couple wires off the tower for 80/40. When I moved here 7 years agoI I put
up a 50 ft tower with new A4S
and a couple wires off the tower again. DXing and contesting certainly more of
a chaleng here
in Alabama. A couple years ago I was able to put up a 5 element tribander at
80 feet and 2
element 40 meter beam at 70 feet. I guess you would say that is a little above
average now.
That is not my point, The point is I know how much extra effort is needed
to achieve a respectable
score now. It's nice to beat your area competition but any serious competitor
would like a fair
shot at the top. So yes can we do something, anything to level the field. I
mean nothing
ventured nothing gained. Maybe this is just not possible, in any case I will
still be in there trying.
73 BoB WA1FCN
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