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[VHFcontesting] A distance scoring contest

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Subject: [VHFcontesting] A distance scoring contest
From: Marshall Williams <k5qe@sabinenet.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:08:33 -0600
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Hello to everyone.....Concerning the Distance scoring thing:  First, let 
me say that I neither oppose nor favor a distance measured contest.  I 
have never operated in one and it might be fun. 

However, I would like to bring up an issue that has not been 
considered.  In the Jan VHF contest, I made 36 2M EME contacts with 
stations all over Europe and the US.  Although there are only a few 
JA's, VK's, and ZL's on EME, it is certainly possible to work them too.  
Below I have listed a few of these contacts, just for calculation 
purposes. 

A bit of analysis here:  The longest contact made was to Glenn, ZS2GK at 
9124 miles....the shortest to John, W4RBO, was only 774 miles.  Most EU 
contacts are 5000+ miles.  The run of the mill US contacts were from 
1200- to 1900- miles.  I have only listed 31 contacts, with a total 
mileage of 120997.

The issue that I want to advance is that a single contact of 9124 miles 
would be the same as 91 contacts of 100 miles--or 45 contacts of 200 
miles.  I doubt very much that I make 45 contacts of 200 miles or more 
to non-EME stations in *any* VHF contest on 2M.  The contacts listed(the 
other 5 are scattered in my log somewhere) would be equivalent to 1209 
contacts of 100 miles and 604 contacts of 200 miles!!  I certainly have 
never made 1209 contacts on 2M in any contest, much less of 100 miles.  
I have never made 604 contacts on 2M either....of any distance.  I guess 
I can dream.....HI. 

Hence, and I am finally getting to the point of all this, a distance 
scoring contest would inevitably become a "mini-EME" contest with 
whatever locals you could find thrown in.  I would participate in this 
contest and have fun, especially since I would have a major advantage 
over everyone in the country except for a few spoil sports.....like 
W5UN, KB8RQ, K9MRI, W7GJ, K6MYC, K1JT, and a few others.  HI.  You may 
see pictures of  my "advantage" on my web site. 

Finally, a contest where the advantage of the folks living in the 
"Golden Corridor" is eliminated!!!  It is CLEAR that we should have such 
a contest!!!  Considering how awful the propagation was in this Jan 
contest, maybe the Jan contest should be it.

OK you say, we will just ban EME contacts in such a contest.  Well that 
certainly files in the face of a distance measured contest.  We want 
people to work hard to make difficult, long distance contacts--just not 
TOO long distance!! 

Again, I think that a distance measured contest might be fun and I would 
certainly participate.  I just wanted everyone to know how such a 
contest will be "gamed". 

GM es 73 to all.....Marshall K5QE
www.k5qe.com

QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0704 K5QE              EM31   ZS2GK             
KF47    9124 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0710 K5QE              EM31   DL8GP             
JN39     5055 miles
QSO:   144 CW 2009-01-18 0720 K5QE             EM31   SM2CEW        
KP15     4963 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0730 K5QE              EM31   RK3FG             
KO86    5729 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0734 K5QE              EM31   K0KP        
       EN36     1043 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0750 K5QE              EM31   IK1UWL           
JN33     5260 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0754 K5QE              EM31   HA0HO             
KN07    5666 miles  
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0758 K5QE              EM31   K0AWU            
EN37    1112 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0802 K5QE              EM31   9A3GE        
      JN75      5519 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0807 K5QE              EM31   YL2HA             
KO26     5403 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0811 K5QE              EM31   OM3BC            
JN98      5550 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0816 K5QE              EM31   YT3I           
      KN05     5752 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0820 K5QE              EM31   WB2RVX         
FM29     1195 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0825 K5QE              EM31   DK1CO            
JO63      5139 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0832 K5QE              EM31   IK1FJI       
       JN44      5310 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0837 K5QE              EM31   DK5EW            
JN48      5168 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0845 K5QE              EM31   DL4DWA          
JO61     5212 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0855 K5QE              EM31   S52LM         
     JN65     5438 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0905 K5QE              EM31   K1JT            
     FN20     1224 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0908 K5QE              EM31   WA3QPX         
FM29     1195 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0914 K5QE              EM31   DJ9EV     
         JN49       5134 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0921 K5QE              EM31   K6MYC            
DM07    1495 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0924 K5QE              EM31   IK2DDR            
JN55      5357 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0940 K5QE              EM31   I2FAK            
   JN45      5274 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 0958 K5QE              EM31   EB1DNK           
IN62      4655 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 1025 K5QE              EM31   K7CW              
CN87      1899 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 1100 K5QE              EM31   K1OR          
     FN42      1469 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 1110 K5QE              EM31   W7CE              
CN87      1889 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 1134 K5QE              EM31   W4RBO             
EL99       774 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 1140 K5QE              EM31   W1TMZ             
FN41     1442 miles
QSO:   144 PH 2009-01-18 1146 K5QE              EM31   VE5UF             
DO61      1542 miles
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