A modest proposal.... Could the contesting community consider cutting some slack to a neglected part of the contesting world, specifically CQ Zones 22, 26, 27 and 28, South Asia area. I suggest doubl
Sorry, Charlie. As a little pistol who seldom makes it through the pileups to SE Asia during contests, I couldn't disagree more. The operators who know enough to swing their beams to the area should
Charles, I strongly second your suggestion. It is always difficult in the first hours and much of the night due to the reasons you stated. I and a few others have been making a concerted effort to ge
I only see your Nr 5 argument as a reason. All the other reasons are applicable to many other places (south of zone 17, VK and ZL, zone 1 etc). I did contest from zones 22 and 28. The results achieva
Sorry, but I think that suggestion is a rathole. I'll bet there are a hundred similar geographical inequities around the world that could be identified without much effort. Trying to create a level p
One antidote to the inevitable geographic unfairnesses of HF contesting is to sponsor and publicize "Contests Within a Contest" (CWACs) within the disadvantaged community. Create any type of competit
Ward, Appreciate your comments and this is exactly what I have been contemplating in the run up to planning a pan-VU contest. Trying to decide which of the big ones to select in terms of exchange. Th
Charles, I tried to get a sponsor for a Pacific Rim Plaque for the CQ 160 in 2004 or 2005 but got no sponsor support. This was suggested by VK6VZ and a DU. I agree with N0AX that perhaps something mo
I can not imagine setup to achieve such result in my UA4W country :-) That is why we travel to zone 22 for example, But I agree that the motivation for the work from zone 22 (where I am real DX) is n
Charles for years the contesting community down under has said we cant compete with the Hawaiians for Oceania - Recently from the antipodes the ZL8X team did just that - competed and broke the Ocean
If we start to change points for different zones, this will create a huge mess. See CQWW as a contest where you first of all challenge your own previous results by building better antennas, increasin
Ok, and good arguement Mats.... BUT, if an overall win is not important, then why is that what is the big news in the magazines and score reports? IF contests are all about personal best scores, abou
This is the reason why I come out to play at least the CQWW each year since 1987 - to have fun and compete with myself. In CQWW CW this year, I had last year's certificate in front of me and I nearly
That sounds like one would need to have a magazine devoted strictly to contesting scores... Or join a regional group that keeps track of such things, some of the bigger clubs do keep track. I do not
I agree with the sentiment that exceptions for a particular zone to level the playing field is not in the best interest of contesting. However, I believe there is a rule change that could be in the i
Having followed this debate I do feel that Prasad does make a very good suggestion with regard to the award of two points per inter-asian contacts, same would stand for inter oceana too.. It seems to
Sorry, just could not resist not to interfere and share my own experience. Having operated from Europe and N. America, I was truly amazed how the propagation looks like in the Zone 24, particularily
Propagation is indeed interesting from that part of the world (actually it is interesting from low latitude locations anywhere in the world), but interesting propagation won't win contests on its own
I was thinking of "fairness" as the playing field on 10 m this weekend was definitely skewed toward VK including Z21DXI :-) Nobody even in W/VE couldn't hear my 100W into 4L. Reminds me of 6 m activ
What? You heard some W/VE? I heard only rumours of such stations being QRV on ten. And you have one 4 el yagi? Contesting is not fair. All DX I got was one ZS. I have a setup of 4o4o4 + 4o4o4 yagis o