Author: Fernando PY2LED <py2led@fuertesind.com.br>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 21:21:13 -0200
Hello Dear Contesters, good day! I was analyzing results from CQWW, CQWPX and in some categories we can see some nice records made by stations located in the Caribean Islands. Some of this islands co
Fernando, also consider being in South East Asia, 2858 miles from Tokyo and 4637 miles from Turkey, and still be labeled ALL in one group called "Asia." The ARRL and CQ contests are American contests
If memory serves, Zone 8 stations are considered part of North America, Zone 9 stations are considered part of South America. And always have been. It's that simple. See http://www.icomamerica.com/en
In some contest this is patently unfair where a contact with some Caribbean Basin islands yield a higher point structure than others close by. This is also why the big winners are always located in A
No, TA1 counts as Europe while TA3 etc. count as Asia. So you could be in the same city and get either 1 or 3 points working Europe, depending on which side of the Bosporus you are. 73 Carsten G0SYP
It's pretty simple. Geography places certain islands in South America and certain other islands in North America. If the battle over Arctic territory is any indication, there are specific geographic
This is why the contest structure set up by Tree of the Stew Perry Top Band Distance Challenge, where the exchange is grid squares is so appealing. If it a DX contest this makes so much sense as the
I've been operating from Bonaire in CQWW CW for the past 8 years and I can assure you that propagation can be vastly different from the ABC islands then the northern Caribbean islands, which I have a