I know that the best contest location has been discussed many times before, and I seem to remember that EA8 came out on top. But here is a twist on this-what is the worst contesting location, based o
Hi John, That's a very interesting question you've posed. A few years ago a few Micro-lite friends and I went to South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. Then this past March we hung out on Kerguele
I know that the best contest location has been discussed many times before, and I seem to remember that EA8 came out on top. But here is a twist on this-what is the worst contesting location, based o
Never been there or done that, but I'd think that northwest UA0 would be pretty bad. You get the same far northern auroral problems as in JW, etc., but when the band does finally open, you're still j
After giving this great thought....I would have to say my house when my wife insists that I go to a wedding or some function when a contest is on. HAAARRRRR! Lee - K0WA In our day and age it seems th
Didn't Captain Cook say something to the effect that the South Sandwich was the most disgusting place on earth he'd seen? 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
And didn't Shackelton or Byrd describe South Sandwich as the worst place on earth? I agree that they would not be very good places to operate from in general. However, in a contest they might be rare
I agree that any location in the polar zones is tough. I had thought of JW, OX, and R1FJ, but figured that their proximity to Europe would offset that a bit contestwise. In the southern polar zones y
Worst contesting location? 243-14th Ave. So. South St. Paul MN 55075 I know because I've been living there for a while :) 73 Steve k0SR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
In fact it was said by James Cook. and maybe also by James Brooks ;) 73, zoli ha1ag And didn't Shackelton or Byrd describe South Sandwich as the worst place on earth? I agree that they would not be v
The Spratleys may be the worst. If you go to the wrong spot there, you could be killed. http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4073/spratly.html I think I'd choose the penguin-pooh paradise of
Thanks for the URL Dave. I remember the story pretty well. I was operating from the Soviet Arctic as EK9C/0 that time and was trying to help by monitoring bands and attempting to get information from
somewhere Talking of another famous Soviet Arctic Explorer and radio ham - Ernst Krenkel, callsign RAEM: the book containing the account of the sinking of the ice-breaker Chelyuskin, the stranding on
Brazil, at the bottom of the sunspot cycle, in July 2006. Should be a good test of the Annointed Ones. K1TN/9 _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contes
That is a great link and story about Krenkel! the book has been one of my favourites and really inspiring in the ham career. I especially vividly always remember the description of the QSO between No
The Spratly Islands are easy. Check out http://www.layanglayang.com/ or type "Layang Layang" into any search engine. I operated from there as 9M6TPR in 1997. Great location for verticals. If you are
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:03:11 -0800
The problem with some of the locations so far suggested is that they're either rare or semi-rare; which means at least you've got the chance of generating a pileup of not only people in the contest,
But there you are at least fairly close by to US/VE and the rest of north america, which should make getting QSOs fairly easy, especially on the low bands. I would think the worst contest location wo