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Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW
From: Kostas SV1DPI <sv1dpi@otenet.gr>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 10:46:42 +0300
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The problem with SV is that there are not many stations in the other continents to work them! Possibly less than 10 (1-2 5B, 2-3 4X, 3V, CN and 1-2 Africa expeditions).

Really we have not any chance to win in CQ WW with the current rules either in Europe either in our zone!!! This is why we are quite far (in comparison with the others) from the rest of Europe in low bands and quite far from USA (2 hours difference with UK). In zone 20 where we belong there are others (5B and 4X) have all Europe counts 3 point for them! If you see my club's scores (SZ1A) we are easily between the first 10 in Europe in CQ WPX but quite far in CQ WW (25-30 usually) with about the same QSOs with the first decade. So no chance to win but I still love and prefer CQ WW for its strategy, trying to improve our score every year.

Finally if you want to try contesting from Greece, remember that our club station SZ1A is available for you for free (as part of our team in CQ contests or even alone in others)! See more details in www.sz1a.org

...73 de Kostas SV1DPI
  (One of SZ1A-EP6T)

Στις 27/9/2017 5:13 πμ, ο John Geiger έγραψε:
Some parts of Europe (like SV for example) are also very close to 2 other
continents, so the ease of working high point QSOs is greater as well,
especially on the low bands.

On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Ed Muns <ed@w0yk.com> wrote:

Ed N1UR wrote:
Now that it has "grown up" very nicely to 3000 logs submitted (which is
actually where the CQ WW SSB or CW results were back in the 90s), it would
seem that the same country points are no longer necessary.

[Ed W0YK]
Same rationale.  Europe has far more QSO points (as well as mults)
available
in a comparable geographic area to VE/US.  EU countries are similar in size
to US states and VE areas.  "Growing up" has nothing to do with it.

All contests don't have to have the same rules.  There is a wide diversity
of contests for each of us to choose the ones we enjoy.

Ed W0YK

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