And this is one thing that has baffled me. You would
think that VHF/UHF activity should have greatly
increased with the low cost and availability of
HF/VHF/UHF rigs like the FT857 and Ic-706MKIIG.
73s John W5TD
--- wa2teo@aol.com wrote:
> I understand that VHF contesting is different in the
> NE than in OK. But here's the sad thing - activity,
> especially in New England, is down dramatically and
> getting worse each year. Still not OK by a long
> stretch, but if you were here 5 or better yet 10
> years ago, you'd be amazed how much it has dropped
> off. It's a shame as microwave capabilities have
> improved so much that if we only had more ops, there
> would be a lot more fun. The truth is that the EU
> folks really are having a ball on VHF. Check out the
> # of Q's they make on contest weekends. Puts us to
> shame. CU, Jeff K1TEO
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: johngeig@yahoo.com
> To: PaulKB8N@aol.com; steve.root@culligan4water.com;
> CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> Sent: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] It Is What It Is
>
>
> Isn't the WRTC an attempt at a level playing field?
>
> If you really want to see a non-level playing field,
> look at some of the VHF contest. I am sure the
> level
> of activity is very different in New England than it
> is in Southwest Oklahoma, where you can go for hours
> at a time without hearing a new station on 2m to
> work.
> I was surprised how different the activity was here
> from the upper midwest, when I moved here in 2001
> from
> Iowa.
>
> I think we need a WRTC for VHF contests, so the 1
> land
> guys understand what we have to put up with out
> here.
>
> 73s John W5TD
>
> --- PaulKB8N@aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> > In a message dated 11/1/2006 8:15:28 A.M. Central
> > Standard Time,
> > steve.root@culligan4water.com writes:
> >
> > With the notable exception of K0HB, I can't help
> > but notice that those most
> > vigorously opposed to any "leveling of the playing
> > field" are those who's
> > fields need the least leveling.
> >
> >
> >
> > As the author of this thread, I politely disagree.
>
> > I lived in Europe two
> > years and four years in Asia and operated all the
> > major contests, and there is
> > no silver bullet magic formula that would equalize
> > scores to provide such a
> > comparison.
> >
> > I think the best way to level the playing field is
> > to allow enough filtering
> > of performance components (location, power,
> > antennas, SO2R, etc) that you
> > can actually establish some kind of meaningful
> > performance comparison against.
> >
> > What I really learned from living around the world
> > is that CQWW really is
> > several different contests, depending on where you
> > happen to live. (BTW,
> > Europe was by far my favorite CQWW location)
> >
> > How do we "equalize" those contests? Absolutely
> > the best way is to
> > evaluate all performance factors (noted above) in
> a
> > true apples to apples comparison
> > how the scores vary around the world. We can
> then
> > score the results with
> > different scoring formulas among equally equipped
> > stations to see which is the
> > fairest. It will never be perfect, but it may
> help
> > eliminate some of the
> > perceived inequalities.
> >
> > Paul, K5AF
> >
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