I agree with DF7ZS.
It takes a tremendous effort to build and maintain a station in the
Caribbean. The tower and antenna corrosion is unbelievable, especially
where dissimilar metals touch. Most station owners are absentee owners who
have little free time to keep things working. Fortunately a little goes a
long way when near the sea and you can be very competitive with a modest
station. Low band conditions are much worse in zone 9 than in zone 8 so to
some degree more points are justified. There are better and worse places
to operate a CQ contest but what fun would this be if everyone was at D4,
CN or EA8?
W2SC consistently does a fantastic job from 8P5A. Tom is a great guy who
has shared much information with me about his operations. However, I would
not use the word best since there are a number of super-ops, especially in
CQWW contests.
John KK9A
On Fri, November 6, 2015 3:59 am, Helmut Mueller wrote:
> Hi @ ALL.
>
>
> Why does P4, PJ2 and PJ4 count to south America? Well a look at a map
> could help to solve this mystery. :)
>
> Yes, it might be an advantage operating from there, but maybe not.
> It is a big effort to build huge superstations, but should it be
> sanctioned? No, big effort make things change. It is also a big effort to
> create and maintain stations on Caribbean islands. Should it be
> sanctioned? NO! And again ... this helped winning for a while.
>
> Look at 8P5A (Tom W2SC) ... he belongs to North America, and has a
> tactical points disadvantage over SA Islands and he wins it anyway ...
> year after year!!! To me Tom is the best operator I know in the world and
> he is in the perfect location. Want to sanction this?
>
> Conclusion: Now we are building TOP super stations on tactical well
> selected locations, Morocco for example. CN2R, CN3A and lately CN2AA.
> CN2AA has more than double points to claimed place #2. Should we sanction
> that? I think NO. Thats the normal evolution.
>
> 1985 you could will M/M with 21.9 M Points ... 2015 you need 75 MIO!
>
>
> Do I have a "neutral" view on that? NO .... I operated 7x from
> P4/PJ2/PJ4. And 10x from CT3. I can tell you it is not easy keeping the
> station on CT3 up and running and competitive. We are playing with old
> worn out amps and beaten up TH6 Beams. Its just a question of time
> someone wants to build a superstation there!
>
> 73
>
>
> Helmut
>
>
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