Come on, Ed, you know better. In WPX, there is no advantage of using 4U1
over, say, AC1.
Masa's main station is 4U1WB, whether its WPX or any other contest. N1UR,
on the other hand, became AC1U for the two weekends and was the only AC1 in
the same contests. K3ZJ became WR8AA in a part-time effort on one of the
weekends too. All three of us were on equal ground callsign-wise. We each
used a callsign that, at least for entries, had a unique prefix.
But among us, only Masa used the everyday normal callsign for the station
he operates from. And you were the only one to make a serious competitive
effort.
BTW, had Masa operated elsewhere and used his personal callsign (AJ3M), it
also would have been a unique callsign in both modes.
There is nothing wrong with any of this, but I would conclude that you used
a rare callsign to gain a competitive advantage; I used one to give out
a mult during my limited time on the air; and Masa just used the callsign
of the station he operated, as he usually does.
So to say that "it does not seem fair" is, to me, twisted. Masa just did
his normal thing at his normal station. You did not.
73, Dave
On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:43 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:
> You can put in the effort to improve antennas and location. But no matter
> how much effort you put in, you can’t make up a call sign like 4U1WB. It
> has to be bestowed on you.
>
>
>
> In the ARRL DX contest – its of no value – in fact its clearly a
> hinderence. Being right, but having to repeat and explain is a contest
> killer. But in WPX, no one cares where you are (other than wondering why
> the points for the Q don’t look right), they just know they need a new
> prefix. Add that to the fact that some percentage of callers probably
> think they just worked a new one (4U1 must be UN HQ no?) and its just not
> good sportsmanship in my opinion.
>
>
>
> 4U1WB and any other 4U1 should compete for NA not for W.
>
>
>
> 73
>
>
>
> Ed N1UR
>
>
>
> From: rjairam@gmail.com [mailto:rjairam@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 8:26 AM
> To: sawyered@earthlink.net
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 4U1WB: ARRL DX Contest: Rule 6.1
>
>
>
> Fair? Nothing is fair... might as well require everyone to operate with
> the same antennas and location while you’re at it.
>
> Ria
> N2RJ
>
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:23 AM Ed Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Masa, Why don't you just get a W3 call sign and avoid this mess? You will
> never be competitive in ARRL DX having to explain who you are. I am sure
> that many DX stations would be very happy to work a W3 from DC.
>
>
>
> As to WPX, a 4U1 callsign is clearly an advantage in a Prefix contest. It
> does not seem fair to me that a 4U1 can compete equally with a W1 in the
> WPX contest.
>
>
>
> Ed N1UR
>
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