I can not imagine setup to achieve such result in my UA4W country :-)
That is why we travel to zone 22 for example, But I agree that the
motivation for the work from zone 22 (where I am real DX) is not
sufficient against gold triangle D4, CT3, EA8 (that are not quite
DX actualy). We should remember that this is cq ww DX contest.
> I only see your Nr 5 argument as a reason. All the other reasons are
> applicable to many other places (south of zone 17, VK and ZL, zone 1 etc). I
> did contest from zones 22 and 28. The results achievable from there with
> pretty simple setup are not even dreamed about from my home zone 17.
> Propagation down there in the south is so much better. This year 8Q7DV,
> Vitalij (RN4WA) made 4400 QSO and over 5.6 mil points having no 160 meters
> antenna at all and using just vertical dipoles on 20-15-10. That is about
> the result of a well equipped SOAB HP entry with high monobanders from zone
> 17. I do not think that doubling points for these zones would be fair at
> all.
> 73, Igor UA9CDC
--
Best regards,
Vitaly RN4WA mailto:rn4wa@mail.ru
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